"if they find the bat on the Federal land, that their forest management is done."
"I was born a conservative and a conservationist, Mr. Huffman."
"the numbers don't lie, that 24 percent--not quite 25--but of deferred maintenance from the National Park Service went to Speaker Pelosi, former Speaker Pelosi's district."
"In total, the National Park Service spent more than $365 million last year on deferred maintenance in Nancy Pelosi's district."
"This $200 million earmark orchestrated by Nancy Pelosi represents a 3,113 percent increase in the amount of Federal funding received by the Presidio last year."
"The $200 million for deferred maintenance was an earmark."
"There wasn't supposed to be taxpayer dollars."
"It is hard to justify all the releases in California."
"Today the Biden administration put out a plan on the Colorado system and said that they need to cut 2.1 million acre-feet from the Colorado River."
"It is evident that California produces enough water. The problem is the infrastructure to store it."
"It appears that the immediate thing that could be done to make the situation better is operations, but there is definitely need for long-term infrastructure."
"You could be doing so much better with the infrastructure that you have if you didn't have all the impediments to operation."
"I think that could really help."
"This could be solved. The state of California, God, nature produces enough water to meet all your needs."
"This is disappointing, and I will say it is unacceptable and telling of how much they disregard the importance of this hearing, of congressional oversight, and the need to change the status quo."
"It is very important for Members of Congress to get out and spend time with the men and women whose lives are directly affected by Federal policies."
"It is frustrating that this problem can't get solved because it could stretch into the neighboring states as well."
"The only way I have found to get their attention is through the strings of the purse."
