Some of us believe very strongly that if a bureaucracy is not adequately responding to congressional oversight of the pe...
We've taken enormous steps to avoid a listing and the accompanying Federal intervention only to have our efforts answere...
Unfortunately, with less than 2 percent of the more than 1,500 listed species ever recovered, the law is failing.
It is not, as the Director said, nor is it right to have strongholds where wilderness-like restrictions over 16.5 millio...
the states are prepared, they are ready to move up; and, if we are going to be successful on this issue, we have to thin...
Forty years ago, the Endangered Species Act was passed with every good intention; but, despite some of the rhetoric comi...
The states are in charge of wildlife, and the states have a record of success in that obligation.
That is pure, unadulterated balderdash.
Cramming more species onto a list, or blocking millions of acres, including restricting even how our military can use la...
States are using resources wisely to recover species and keep them off the list. We should do more to encourage them.
The greater sage grouse is fast becoming the 'new' northern spotted owl.
As my colleagues know, last year, Congress passed and the President signed important legislation that improved the adopt...
Groups home, sometimes referred to as 'congregate care,' are literally breeding grounds for the sexual exploitation of c...
No one would support allowing states to use federal taxpayer dollars to buy cigarettes for foster youth.
We have to find ways to provide high quality care at greater value and lower cost--all without adding to the deficit.
Stakeholder input is critical for this committee to work toward the goal of producing bipartisan legislation that can be...
We have tasked this bipartisan group with studying these complex issues and producing an in-depth analysis of potential ...
Today's hearing signals the Finance Committee's first step in a bipartisan process that will continue over the next 6 mo...
