they dropped that bill to sell off public lands, but for a taste what have it was like in montana when that was still pending this is montana s governor steve bullock speaking at the state capitol january 30th. watch how it goes here. you ll see why republicans didn t want to be up against this particularly in states all over the mountain west. thank you for coming out from all corners of our state today. thanks for what you re doing today, and every day to keep our public lands in public hands. [ cheers and applause ] i see folks from sanders county, i see sportsmen, and sportswomen, i see ranchers, i see veterans, i see big fishers and fly fishers, i see grandparents, i see the next generation, i even see some of my former high school teachers here. [ cheers and applause ] and you know what s great? every one of us own these public lands. [ cheers and applause ]
sportswomen, i see ranchers, i see veterans, i see big fishers and fly fishers, i see grandparents, i see the next generation, i even see some of my former high school teachers here. and you know what s great? every one of us own these public lands. the 30 million acres in montana, and the beauty is, we don t need permission to go on them, do we? no! these lands are our heritage. these lands are our birthright. these lands are one of our great equalizers the size of our checkbook doesn t matter to access our blue ribbon streams,