That is why I am proud to lead a bipartisan effort to oppose NOAA's proposed rule by introducing the 'Protecting Whales, Human Safety and the Economy Act of 2023.'

H.R. 1208 would address the Supreme Court's 2009 Carcieri v. Salazar decision.

I fought to protect critical clean energy tax cuts during Congress' debt limit negotiation to continue to fight on behalf of the biofuel industry and our farmers.

Biofuels are good for the environment, they are good for America, they are good for our national security.

The recent Speaker pro tempore said that diversity and inclusion would be the top priority. Mr. Speaker, I ask that we reconsider this.

We all want to protect the North Atlantic Right Whale. But we can't implement policies that would threaten the livelihoods of millions of people--not just in my district, but up and down the east coast.

This bill does not call or wish for mass hunting of grizzly bears; but instead, what this bill does do is ensure that states, not the Federal Government, are to manage the grizzly bear populations as best as they deem fit.

I have formal letters of support from Arkansas' Governor, Sarah Sanders.

We introduced this legislation, joined by more than 60 bipartisan co-sponsors, because we care about getting more of our constituents outdoors.

I urge the Committee to support and consider Rep. Rutherford's bill, the Red Snapper Act.

This bill would designate approximately 2,200 acres of existing Forest Service acres to Flatside Wilderness.

I urge the House Natural Resources Committee to swiftly pass H.R. 409.

I am asking for your support on passing this legislation as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, in recent decades, unelected bureaucrats have misused the ESA, giving them far too much power over the lives of Americans and the economic vitality of our communities.

As long as the grizzly bear is designated as a threatened species in the Northern Continental Divide ecosystems, state management of species is hamstrung, and my constituents cannot defend their property or their person from these…

Do we have to have a child scooped off of a playground and killed by a bear, or mauled so severely that they are scared for the rest of life before this Committee will do something about allowing the state of Montana to manage these…

I am incredibly worried that the speed restrictions imposed by NOAA's rule would all but shut down the thriving communities we have up and down the East coast.

I want to say thank you for focusing on this important effort.