Bruce Westerman actually said...

"I want to make the ESA work, wants to make it something that is effective, that really is about helping species."

"Unfortunately, litigants now use the ESA as a control tactic to preserve lands, or try to preserve lands and pursue radical agendas."

"This is a very important issue to America and to the Freely Associated States and to, I would say, freedom around the world, in a sense."

"I stand ready to work with our partners."