Bruce Westerman

Thank you again to the witnesses.

One hundred percent of 40 percent of the energy in my state is dependent on uranium pellets from Russia. To me, that is unacceptable.

The people in this room know that we will need to mine six times more in the future than what we mine today to meet our mineral demands.

For the sake of our country, I strongly urge the Administration to accept that shutting down domestic mining while increasing demand at the same time will lead the United States to disaster.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has been seeking to increase its influence in the Freely Associated States and other Pacific nations.

Guam has and continues to be strategically important for not only U.S. security, but also peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.

It is, again, a pleasure to be here.

Guam is the 'Tip of the Spear' when it comes to the Defense of the United States.

I am in favor of actions that lead to the safety and protection of Guam, an island that I call home.

Congress has an important role in this effort, both by providing equitable funding to Tribes and by creating a legal framework that enables Tribal stewardship not just on Tribal lands, but across the landscape.

That 'siloed' thinking plagues most bureaucracies and agencies.

It is easier to blame the cow. Look up. Watch nature. She will talk to you.

Our segmented view of the landscape has led us to tragedy after tragedy.

We have created tragedy after tragedy across the West, and we need solutions.

I invite any legislator or regulator, state or federal, to come with me to this devastation. Leave your photographer behind, put on boots and let's go.

Let us all go forth from this hearing determined to evangelize to save our forests.

I agree, this should not be a partisan issue.

This saved the city of South Lake Tahoe from the Caldor Fire just 2 years ago.

I think after 50 years we are entitled to ask how the forest environment is doing.

We have heard it said, this won't affect the timber industry. This won't affect the construction activities of the country, and I am sure this was said back in the 1990s when the spotted owl was listed. This won't affect the timber…

I have no further requests for time and am prepared to close. I continue to reserve.

When an administration takes bad actions, then Congress has to take extreme measures to pull back the power that has been granted to the administration. I gladly stand behind the statement that it is time for Congress to reel back that…

Again, this move by Fish and Wildlife is actually going to hurt the population of the lesser prairie-chicken because it is going to disincentivize private investment that is shown to work. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman…

I would say the only science that went into this decision by Fish and Wildlife was political science. It is all about this administration's attack on American energy. People all around the world are going to die as a result of food…

I now invite two of my colleagues from Arkansas, Mr. Crawford and Mr. Womack, to join me. We are here today and rise to honor the life of former State legislator and Arkansas Treasurer Mark Lowery. A Maumelle native, Mark was a devoted…