Bruce Westerman actually said...

"And I do want to make a clarification here. The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea, and I think the US is probably behind in that, in creating standards."

"I am concerned that we are getting behind, and we are allowing people who don't have our best interests at heart to develop these standards, where the US has generally been a leader in standards devel..."

"We are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible."

"conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest."