I appreciate your cooperation with Montana on the flood and fire seasons that we have had the last few years.
the Flood Insurance Program was actuarially sound. It was in the hole. It continues to be in the hole.
We can make excuses up. We can talk about how we are too busy to do this.
If we let this opportunity escape us by not working together and pushing it forward...
I was sent to Washington, D.C., to try to fix what is wrong with Washington, D.C.
the Obama administration through Executive orders, Federal regulation, and settlement driven ESA listings, and habitat d...
I appreciate that comment, too, that there is always political science going on back in the Beltway.
As Congressman Lummis said, conservation for the 21st century. I believe it can be private based.
Montana is undergoing its own planning process for sage grouse conservation as we speak.
We want to be able to play in the outdoors as outdoors people, but we also need jobs.
This law is well intentioned. This is about trying to find reforms to the ESA going forward.
The Obama administration has also dramatically increased the designation of critical habitat, and has imposed actions th...
Although borne of the best intentions, the Endangered Species Act has failed to live up to its promise.
I think most of us here in Montana believe that Washington, DC should look more like Montana, not the other way around.
That is just not common sense. I mean, that just tells you what is wrong.
The first one is when somebody from DC comes and says, 'We are here to help.'
These issues we are talking about are critically important for our future.
We want to keep the ESA from being used as a tool to obstruct positive species and resource management.
