Congress has no business listing or delisting species.

We saw it play out in the months after the Trump administration delisted the wolf and the greater Yellowstone grizzly.

These bills would legislatively delist the species we are talking about--the gray wolf and grizzly bear.

We will have discussions about how to make this law work better.

Enacting these bills would indeed undermine the successful recovery of these species and the rule of law.

These bills ignore science, rather than trust it.

Those who would say that this law is perfect are wrong.

I believe that a properly funded and authorized Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains can make meaningful progress on these projects.

It is beyond ironic that Rep. Boebert is working to undermine the will of Colorado voters to bring back wolves to the state.

The sheer hubris of these bills is impressive.

Congress has no business listing or delisting species.

I believe that a properly funded and authorized Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains can make meaningful progress on these projects.

I thank the Chair for including the TOXIC Act in today's hearing, as well as Mr. LaMalfa for partnering with me to introduce the bill.

The gray wolves are more popular than some of the politicians that want to delist them.

We don't have to guess what these states will do.

How much can we afford to spend?

The obligation, the trust responsibility, every stakeholder should be at the table.

Each Federal agency, no matter the nature of the relations with tribal government, is included in the U.S. trust and treaty obligations to Indian Country in terms of tribal consultation.