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I am concerned that we are getting behind, and we are allowing people who don't have our best interests at heart to develop these standards, where the US has generally been a leader in standards development around the world.

And I do want to make a clarification here. The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea, and I think the US is probably behind in that, in creating standards.

the distinction between developing standards and using those standards in a nefarious way

So, it is really not about a species, it is about habitat. And this bill is focused on restoring habitat, not somehow magically waving a wand and recovering a species. It all comes back to habitat.

We are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible.

We are trying to do something that is actually good for wildlife management and fiscally responsible.

It was once said some of my colleagues across the aisle aren't always trying to mislead people or mis-state facts, they just know so much about just what isn't so.

Chair Westerman's bill would repeal $700 million in funding allocated to the NOAA under Section 40001 of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Doing so would not only be a benefit to our environment, but would also tremendously help our rural economies.