At a minimum though the predictions or the claim that designations of national monuments are harmful to the local economies, that isn't born...
Without a doubt many of the 71 existing national monuments are extremely valuable natural and historic treasures.
I didn't introduce the Montana Land Sovereignty Act to undermine the intent of the Antiquities Act.
In many of the debates we have in this Committee I believe that my Republican colleagues are on the wrong side of the issue.
This is a debate about whether we want to lose critical cultural and natural resources to unlimited drilling, unending road building, and un...
I believe my Republican colleagues are on the wrong side of the issue.
Those who support destructive amendments to the Antiquities Act either fail to realize the value of the resources the Act has preserved or t...
History has already affirmed the wisdom of previous national monument designations and history will judge new attempts to weaken the Act ver...
The Antiquities Act was never meant to circumvent Congress and designate huge parcels of land as National Monuments.
We want to work with the president. We want to be able to go home and say we're going to cut your payroll taxes so that you can hire more pe...
We know we have to fix Medicare. We know that there are other areas that we could agree on.
Yes, I do, and I'd be, again, very curious how we're going to pay for it. The president said he's going to send over a detailed plan, that's...
I think that our law enforcement agencies are taking it seriously. I don't think there is a cause for panic or alarm or change in lifestyle,...
In short, it was a deal, not a solution, and not a very good deal as far as I am concerned.
Most of us here in Washington are united in our desire to find a solution to our Nation's fiscal problems.
A lot of Americans believe that those of us here in Washington are not capable of making or taking the difficult steps that are necessary.
This bill is extraordinarily important to my state in terms of job creation, public safety and wildfire prevention.
When I was last before the committee, the fire was still raging in eastern Arizona.
