"Unfortunately, litigants now use the ESA as a control tactic to preserve lands, or try to preserve lands and pursue radical agendas."
"I want to make the ESA work, wants to make it something that is effective, that really is about helping species."
"What the proposed regulation under this Administration does, and I think sometimes it has been mischaracterized, is it finds that very reasoned and steady attempt to have a durable solution to critica..."
"Instead of wringing our hands or chipping away at ESA's protections and then complaining about that it is not working, Congress should do more of what it did in the IRA."
"What is so radical about taking a fresh look at a law that is 50 years old that was put in place by Republicans and championed by Republicans?"
"I and my colleagues have been engaged in a bipartisan effort under the CRA to reverse the Service's rescission of 'habitat' definition."
"This is a very important issue to America and to the Freely Associated States and to, I would say, freedom around the world, in a sense."
"I am disappointed by the due diligence conducted by the Biden administration."
"I stand ready to work with our partners."
"If indeed the issue is to offset any intrusion and incursion by the Chinese Communist Party, then issues such as offsets, revenue generation, I don't say they become secondary, but this should not be ..."
"I am concerned that this could cause bureaucratic delays and mismanagement."
"I would like to take a moment to give credit to Special Envoy Yun for his successful negotiations with the FSM and Palau."
"This could create a situation where U.S. agencies would elect to not provide those services, furthering opportunities for PRC influence in the FAS."
"I also want to again thank Ranking Member Grijalva for working together to make this a bipartisan task force."
"A properly preserved and interpreted battlefield will attract the highest level of heritage tourists that there is."
"I will say I was a small child during the bicentennial celebration, but definitely old enough to remember it."
"We need to make sure that we have the right ranges, right capabilities so that we can train."
"Ranking Member Grijalva's legislation would expand the range to include about 2,400 additional acres."
