But one of the really important aspects of it, to me, was addressing the backlog of maintenance that we have in our national parks.

As you know, a lot of people look at the Great American Outdoors Act as just funding the LWCF on a permanent basis and full funding for it.

As I understand it, RVs are the number-one-selling item in terms of vehicles and stuff, because people have decided that they want to see America again.

Everybody knows, that has been to our national parks, knows that we love them to death.

I look forward to working with you on this and many other issues that come before the EPA.

There is no evidence or data that suggests this bill is needed.

I am not for closing the doors to the courthouse, but we have to have some action against serial litigators.

You can do it a lot safer and a lot more environmentally friendly, as I have talked with some mining companies.

As a former State secretary, I know that State and locals know their communities much better than the Federal Government ever could. We have to have an effective partnership.

We have worked in a bipartisan fashion, regardless of the chairman, over the last--as long as I have been on this committee now I guess for 20 years, 21 years.

The Rural Water Program is vitally important, I am sure, all across the country, not just in Idaho.

I just had to leave for a second from the hearing because we were doing a press conference on a bill that Senator Bennet and Representative Crow and I just introduced called the Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act, which will help restore…

This will not result in a fair or adequate examination of the underlying issues.

There is also a bipartisan bill that I am the lead cosponsor of called the REPLANT Act that been reintroduced in the House.

When Congress considers a piece of legislation, I believe we should be absolutely clear about how the legislation would affect the American people.

The only parties who will 'win,' in nearly all cases if the bill is enacted into law, are trial lawyers.

It's already against the law to discriminate in the workplace because of an individual's age.

The so-called Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act is just another empty promise from Democrats.