Congressman Rosendale's Forest Information Reform Act (H.R. 200) would permanently fix Cottonwood by clarifying that perpetual reconsultations over forest plans are not required.

That will be dead on arrival in this House.

Does the verification include things like test wells that are being drilled, and sampling that is being done?

Are you also aware that Northern Minnesota is home to those critical minerals that are necessary for EV and our Defense Department?

So, how long, on average, do the consultations take between the Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?

If the holdup is you, we can help. If the holdup is some other agency, let us know.

The Government should never be cutting a deal. They should be listening to the people on the ground.

Legislation is needed to fix the disastrous Cottonwood decision.

And to think that it took 15 years to sign off on a plan that did not deviate at all from what was proposed 15 years ago to me is frightening, because there could have been an absolute tragedy there if there had been a fire and that…

But if you have got a tribe that is complaining about not have enough resources, at a bare minimum you should look and see what the BIA is spending before they took that contract over, add some inflation to it, because that has impacts…

Human-bear conflicts have risen significantly, as bear populations expand into historically unpopulated areas.

We cannot delay. And for those folks out there that think the VA will survive without a competitive market for hiring employees, they are wrong.

I want to talk specifically about Waste In Place remedies for Superfund sites.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that the Ranking Member and I helped write... gave significant money to the Forest Service.

the declining condition of the forests has a lot to do with this graph that we see here.

It is your policy that critical minerals should be sourced from countries that are stewards of the environment, like the U.S. and our allies, or sourced from Russia and China that don't share our same values?

I don't think this is going to happen without somebody like you in your position as Secretary of interior intervening and making this a priority.

So this is what I hear around my district: Glacier Park rationing.