I think after 50 years we are entitled to ask how the forest environment is doing.

I agree, this should not be a partisan issue.

It is easier to blame the cow. Look up. Watch nature. She will talk to you.

This saved the city of South Lake Tahoe from the Caldor Fire just 2 years ago.

That 'siloed' thinking plagues most bureaucracies and agencies.

Congress has an important role in this effort, both by providing equitable funding to Tribes and by creating a legal framework that enables Tribal stewardship not just on Tribal lands, but across the landscape.

We have created tragedy after tragedy across the West, and we need solutions.

Our segmented view of the landscape has led us to tragedy after tragedy.

Let us all go forth from this hearing determined to evangelize to save our forests.

I invite any legislator or regulator, state or federal, to come with me to this devastation. Leave your photographer behind, put on boots and let's go.

the indictment talks about that he knew that he had not won the election, but he continued to propagate this idea that he had.

Well, it's another sad day for America when a former president is indicted, particularly dealing with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another administration.

When an administration takes bad actions, then Congress has to take extreme measures to pull back the power that has been granted to the administration. I gladly stand behind the statement that it is time for Congress to reel back that…

Thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of an incredible leader and a dedicated public servant, who we lost yesterday. Mark Lowery committed much of his life to serving Arkansans as an elected official, educator, and journalist…

We have heard it said, this won't affect the timber industry. This won't affect the construction activities of the country, and I am sure this was said back in the 1990s when the spotted owl was listed. This won't affect the timber…

Again, this move by Fish and Wildlife is actually going to hurt the population of the lesser prairie-chicken because it is going to disincentivize private investment that is shown to work. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman…

I have no further requests for time and am prepared to close. I continue to reserve.

I now invite two of my colleagues from Arkansas, Mr. Crawford and Mr. Womack, to join me. We are here today and rise to honor the life of former State legislator and Arkansas Treasurer Mark Lowery. A Maumelle native, Mark was a devoted…