"conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest."
"I think under RAWA you would have about $13 million a year, but you probably have the potential to generate $30 or $40 million a year to do wildlife management where you don't have something like a ti..."
"It was once said some of my colleagues across the aisle aren't always trying to mislead people or mis-state facts, they just know so much about just what isn't so."
"I would like to thank Congresswoman Dingell and the other Members of the Subcommittee who supported that legislation for your efforts on this important issue."
"Many people claim that conservation and economic success are mutually exclusive. However, I believe the two do go hand in hand."
"We are trying to do something that is actually good for wildlife management and fiscally responsible."
"Clawing back $700 million of Inflation Reduction Act funds designated for coastal resilience funding at NOAA, as Rep. Westerman's bill attempts to do, would move us in the wrong direction toward prepa..."
"Chair Westerman's bill would repeal $700 million in funding allocated to the NOAA under Section 40001 of the Inflation Reduction Act."
"However, we greatly appreciate Chairman Westerman's commitment, and his passion for voluntary cooperative conservation."
"this is actually extremely more innovative than just saying, oh, we are going to pull $1.3 billion out of the air from our kids and our grandkids and shove it down to the states with no responsibility..."
"So, it is really not about a species, it is about habitat. And this bill is focused on restoring habitat, not somehow magically waving a wand and recovering a species. It all comes back to habitat."
"Doing so would not only be a benefit to our environment, but would also tremendously help our rural economies."
"I would be remiss today if I did not thank Representative Dingell for her support for state fish and wildlife agencies."
"Congress dedicate up to $1.3 billion annually in existing revenue from the development of energy and mineral resources on Federal lands and waters to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program."
"The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea."
"But in the interest of time, the poster behind me... outlines how natural capital accounting aligns and supports DOI and BLM priorities in the Biden administration."
"How much progress has been made towards the 30x30 goals so far?"
"I have seen preservation cloaked as conservation many times, and I have a real problem with that."
