Bruce Westerman

I also want to again thank Ranking Member Grijalva for working together to make this a bipartisan task force.

This could create a situation where U.S. agencies would elect to not provide those services, furthering opportunities for PRC influence in the FAS.

I am concerned that this could cause bureaucratic delays and mismanagement.

I would like to take a moment to give credit to Special Envoy Yun for his successful negotiations with the FSM and Palau.

The Compact with our Free Association partners is a national security and foreign policy success story.

Instead, we should be pursuing a noble conservation mission.

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.

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

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?

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 critical habitat designation going forward.

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

Instead of wringing our hands or chipping away at ESA's protections and then complaining about that it is not working, Congress should do more of what it did in the IRA.

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.

I am disappointed by the due diligence conducted by the Biden administration.

A properly preserved and interpreted battlefield will attract the highest level of heritage tourists that there is.

I will say I was a small child during the bicentennial celebration, but definitely old enough to remember it.

Ranking Member Grijalva's legislation would expand the range to include about 2,400 additional acres.

We need to make sure that we have the right ranges, right capabilities so that we can train.

I would agree that when we tell history, we should tell all of the history. We learn from history. And if we don't learn from history, then we are very apt to make the same mistakes going forward.

The extension for the Barry M. Goldwater Range, H.R. 4377, also includes a provision clearing the title for a parcel of land to be included in an adjacent wildlife refuge.

I couldn't think of a better time to hold this hearing, considering that this year marks the 160th anniversary of the awarding of the first Medal of Honor, and today is also the 175th anniversary of the start of the women's suffrage…

Ranking Member Grijalva's legislation would enhance the security and safety of flight operations at the base, which is a critical training ground for our nation's top pilots.

I would like to thank Ranking Member Neguse and Congresswoman Lesko for introducing the bipartisan Women's Suffrage National Monument to be placed on the National Mall.