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Statement of Senator Tom Daschle ™ '"" ""'" 



Before the Senate Small Business Committee 

 Rapid City, South Dakota 

 September 4, 1993 



Thank you. Senator Pressler, for inviting me to participate in the Senate Small Business 

 Committee's field hearing on "Public Land Use Impact on Small Business." I regret that prior 

 schedule commitments preclude my presence, but I am confident that the testimony you will 

 receive today will contribute to our joint efforts to promote sustained economic growth and 

 maintain a healthy environment in the Black Hills. 



The topic of this hearing is vitally important, and 1 commend the Committee for holding this forum 

 to explore it further I also commend the witnesses who will present testimony and the concerned 

 citizens who have come to hear that testimony. 



We have traditionally achieved a good balance in the Black Hills between a variety of uses of our 

 pubUc lands, including logging, mining, grazing, hunting and fishing, and recreation. It is my 

 hope that today's proceedings will help strengthen the historic South Dakota commitment to this 

 miiltiple use philosophy. 



I cannot over-emphasize how interested I am in what will be said by the panelists and individual 

 citizens at this hearing. Their comments will offer Congress and the Administration valuable 

 direction in the debate over the use of our nation's public lands. While I am in eastern South 

 Dakota today, Mark Rambow of my Rapid City office is attending this hearing on my behalf, and 

 he will report back directly to me on the testimony presented. 



As Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, 

 Conservation, Forestry and General Legislation, I am particularly eager to iieview the final details 

 of the yet-to-be released Forest Service Revision Plan for the Black Hills National Forest. This 

 plan will have significant implications for our area, and the Clinton Adminisn^tion has been placed 

 on notice that we will have constructive comment to offer on their proposal. 



Again I want to thank you, Senator Pressler, for holding this hearing, and for allowing the public 

 the opportunity to have input on the use of their federal lands. I look forward to talking with you 

 personally about your impression of these proceedings when we both return to Washington next 

 week. 



