I was stunned to find out that the Park Service is inflating its backlog by 35 percent, or roughly $3.7 billion, with absolutely no justification.

It is clear that we need to face the reality that the Park Service is falling short of this goal.

The bottom line is, I asked for a report just in the Little Rock and Tulsa Districts over a 2-year timeframe. These two provisions cost $18 million.

I think this is her last WRDA, so, we need to make it a good one.

It is just raising that limit to be able to do purchases without competitively bidding.

I want to make clear that the gentleman from Louisiana, even though he looks like a duck commander, he is not a duck commander, but he does enjoy the outdoors. The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, which is based on a user…

Even if we are not worried about mining it for 50 years, we will have just signed off the future because we didn't deal with it today.

We can do lots of good for the environment while we are building up our capacity to mine in space.

it is just mind boggling that we are actually having to have a hearing to talk about pushing back on the administration that is trying to tear out green energy from the Pacific Northwest.

the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to dismantle critical parts of our infrastructure.

I appreciate the work that the Agriculture Committee has done to address forestry issues.

Yes, and if we want to put solar panels in, let's not clear-cut forests to put solar panels in.