Bruce Westerman actually said...

"What the proposed regulation under this Administration does, and I think sometimes it has been mischaracterized, is it finds that very reasoned and steady attempt to have a durable solution to critica..."

"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."