"In fact, as all of you know here, he was the lead author of the Endangered Species Act that was enacted 50 years ago."
"The Endangered Species Act works. Ninety-nine percent of species listed have avoided extinction, as we just heard."
"This Administration has chosen to reward those who enter the country illegally, with release from custody in many cases."
"We have three co-equal branches of government, and we have to stop changing the definitions, and we have to follow the rules of law."
"African nations have choices, as we were just discussing South Africa, South Africans have choices, and we will always respect the sovereignty."
"But the American people have choice as well, and if communities around the world expect the American taxpayer to help, then there should be some sort of mutual benefit to include respect for the rule ..."
"When you are making it harder for people to be healthy, you are going to have a tough sell that you are in it for the people."
"The fallacy of these claims is clear, it is on display as they hold this forum just 1 week after bringing the Black Sea Grain Initiative to an end."
"What I think people are irritated with... is we have three co-equal branches of government to do that."
"We will never divorce our foreign policy from human rights."
"If we agree that Russia and their proxies are bad choices, I do not believe that we should allow it to be their only choice."
"The purpose of this hearing is to analyze the strategic aims in Africa of the Russian Federation and its proxies."
"In my opinion, you altered the law in direct contradiction to the decision of the Federal court judge which stated that DACA was unlawful."
"We have a moral obligation to be good stewards of our nation's rich wildlife and ensure we can share these iconic species with generations of Americans to come."
"This forum purports to demonstrate how Russia's experience in maintaining domestic security is beneficial and worthy of being copied by African countries."
"Simply put, Russia is a destabilizing force in Africa that aspires to create power vacuums and exploit African countries in order to weaken U.S. and western influence."
"That is our job, and that is what we are doing. CMS' own estimates show that Medicaid and CHIP state expenditures would increase by $40 million."
"I think what it has to do, to answer your question, is incentives. I think people are logical and people do things that they believe is in their best interest, and we incentivize people and we incenti..."
