"I and my colleagues have been engaged in a bipartisan effort under the CRA to reverse the Service's rescission of 'habitat' definition."
"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?"
"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."
"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..."
"I want to make the ESA work, wants to make it something that is effective, that really is about helping species."
"Instead, we should be pursuing a noble conservation mission."
"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."
"Unfortunately, litigants now use the ESA as a control tactic to preserve lands, or try to preserve lands and pursue radical agendas."
"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."