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Being dependent on the whims of Washington has not worked out well for Utah's ranchers.

That is right. Forgive me, I did not mean to indicate I was the only one doing this. I had an excellent partner.

Some of us believe very strongly that if a bureaucracy is not adequately responding to congressional oversight of the people's funds, then those funds should stop being sent by Congress to that nonresponsive bureaucracy.

Groups home, sometimes referred to as 'congregate care,' are literally breeding grounds for the sexual exploitation of children and youth.

No one would support allowing states to use federal taxpayer dollars to buy cigarettes for foster youth.

As my colleagues know, last year, Congress passed and the President signed important legislation that improved the adoption incentives program, updated child support enforcement, and made a number of significant reforms to our nation's…

The states are prepared, they are ready to move up; and, if we are going to be successful on this issue, we have to think things differently than we have done in the past.

We've taken enormous steps to avoid a listing and the accompanying Federal intervention only to have our efforts answered with a listing.

The greater sage grouse is fast becoming the 'new' northern spotted owl.

States are using resources wisely to recover species and keep them off the list. We should do more to encourage them.

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 million acres of land will be done.

That is pure, unadulterated balderdash.

The states are in charge of wildlife, and the states have a record of success in that obligation.

Cramming more species onto a list, or blocking millions of acres, including restricting even how our military can use lands for military training and readiness, is not a measure of success.

Forty years ago, the Endangered Species Act was passed with every good intention; but, despite some of the rhetoric coming from special interest groups and their claims, the reality is that less than 2 percent of the more than 1,500 listed…

As a member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, I oppose this amendment as wrong policy. Why would we rush headlong into unilateral disarmament at the same time Russia has not lived up to its treaty obligations with the INF treaty…

Whether one is talking about the sage grouse, which is yet to be listed, or the prairie chicken, which has been listed, it is true that each of those does have an impact on the readiness of our military. It does have an impact, and each…