"we made some really bad decisions three or four decades ago that are really costing us on the backside right now."
"the policy hasn't worked to save the spotted owl, and we can, in hindsight, decades and decades later, look back and say this was a weaponized rule just to stop management on the forests."
"if we don't have roads, we end up spending a lot of money with tankers dropping fire retardants."
"So, there is no scenario or plan in place to cancel any of the three oil and gas lease sales."
"The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law (P.L. 117-58) on November 15, 2021."
"Do you anticipate any hiccups in the process, or delays?"
"Thank you, Chairman Stauber. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today."
"Have you done any planning to delay the three sales?"
"I would do everything in your power to pull these rules back before they become final."
"The message that the public is getting is that Fish and Wildlife doesn't want to manage fish and wildlife refuges for fish and wildlife anymore."
"A Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas."