Bruce Westerman actually said...

"I and my colleagues have been engaged in a bipartisan effort under the CRA to reverse the Service's rescission of 'habitat' definition."

"What is so radical about taking a fresh look at a law that is 50 years old that was put in place by Republicans and championed by Republicans?"

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

"the purpose of this Act are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved."