west yellowstone, montana is primarily a resort town. only 1,000 residents live here year round. but in season, the beauty of the national forest lands and yellowstone national park are the main draw. >> yellowstone is basically the gateway to yellowstone national park. there are a million visitors that come through here every year, so it's a service-oriented town. >> reene and brad brisbin owned a restaurant here in town. he also worked at the local high school. >> brad enjoyed life. he loved to play practical jokes on people. >> brad was a very loyal, honest, trustworthy friend who would do anything, including giving you the shirt off his back, to help you. >> friday, november 9, 1990 started like most days until brad got a telephone call at work and left class unexpectedly. >> i actually met him in the hall. he had his jacket on. he was getting ready to leave. i asked him where he was going and he said to help out a friend. he said he would see me at dinner later on that night. >> brad said he was going to belgrade about 90 miles away to pick up his friend larry moore who need

west yellowstone, montana is primarily a resort town. only 1,000 residents live here year round.

west yellowstone, montana is primarily a resort town. only 1,000 residents live here year round. but in season, the beauty of the national forest lands and yellowstone national park are

all of the west and public land are not yellowstone. one last statistic we found out. this hits people who actually live in the east. you add up all the revenue that comes from these lands and all the expenses we have from the land, they're putting up eight to $9 billion a year out of pockets of those in the east for the wonderful opportunity of controlling the west. one of things i would like to say. there are three false narratives i like to dispel. that is my effort in congress. number one only somebody in washington has the view of what is good for the entire country. false narrative number one. false narrative, number two, it there is difference between some one locally, and washington, washington has to win, false narrative. numb per three, the west has to be protected from itself. i'm tired of that. there is time to look at new way of things doing it. that is what we're trying to do in congress. thank you for the time. i'm sorry to spent so much time boring you with all that. [applause] >> i'm not sure why i'm here anymore. you guys pretty much got it. rob, i ha

all of the west and public lands are not yellowstone. one last statistic we found out and this hits people who actually live in the east. you add up all the revenue that comes from these lands and all the expenses we have from the lands. they are putting up 8 to $9 billion of a year out of the pockets of the east for the wonderful opportunity for controlling the west. one of the things there are three false narratives that i would like to dispel. number one is that only somebody in washington has the view of what is good for the entire country. number two, is there ever a difference of opinion on what should be done on public lands between someone locally and someone washington, obviously washington has to win. false narrative. and narrative number three is the west has to be protected from itself. i am tired of that. my education funding is tired of that. it's time to look at things in a new way of doing it, and that's what we're trying to do in congress today. thank you. thank you for the time and i'm sorry to have spent so much time b