I want to thank the witnesses for coming. I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for an important hearing, very...
What this legislation seeks to do is to say a two-two tie should enter as a decision so that that can be appealed.
You can manage, these things can co-exist.
So, all these people sitting here saying, oh well, this is suddenly an awful situation, where were you when President Ob...
We have bought all these natural resources and protected these grounds all over the United States, which I support, if b...
I think we have to have better discussion, more discussion about is this a Federal resource or is it not.
I have spent 20 years of my life busting my butt to restore our coast and protect our coastal environment.
You are saying that the state of California should unilaterally be able to determine what happens with the Federal resou...
President Obama and President Trump have issued these budget documents and they said that this is a Federal resource tha...
We have paid for land and water conservation funds.
Candidly, looking at some of the testimony, I am not entirely certain I understand what those reservations are.
Clearly, the House of Representatives agreed. It was a bipartisan bill.
So the point of the legislation is to try to make sure that consumers always have at least some knowledge as to and a vo...
There is going to be people who fall through the net no matter what, and we need to make sure they are protected.
Well, I got to--I don't, either. And I am not going to sit and defend the current NEPA process, but I do want to make no...
This committee, in December, I believe it was, passed H.R. 4460. It allowed for, basically, eliminating a policy obstacl...
So, if you can improve the efficiency of that transportation system, you are reducing gasoline payments, you are reducin...
Many of our issues are with redundant permissions.