Bruce Westerman

If changing climate was the only thing that increased wildfires, surely we would see an increase in the number and intensity in my state.

Congress must allow the Forest Service to use proven, scientific methods when managing our forests.

It's a simple formula: if we want more trees, we should all be using more products made from trees.

So who would develop those standards?

And we would recommend that the Army Corps of Engineers utilize the non-Federal sponsors more to meet these challenges.

I do not remember who used the phrase, but it is one that I have often used that we need to design with nature instead of against nature.

We must ensure that the Corps is truly fulfilling obligations after disasters hit and get communities back on their feet while being good stewards of scarce taxpayer dollars.

I want to strongly emphasize that a conversation about resiliency and planning for the future means nothing if the Corps is not completing projects currently on the books.

We need to expeditiously turn this funding around in order to rebuild and improve our water resources infrastructure.

The state of our water resource infrastructure is very poor.

Resilience is not a one-size-fits-all framework. It must be considerate of the local geography and climate and the local industry and economy.

The simple fact of the matter is that a project can't be resilient, unless and until it's built.

Therefore, it is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future and serving the purposes for which they were developed.

It is imperative to the millions of Americans who rely on these projects that we ensure they are operating well into the future.

I want to thank all of today's witnesses and especially Ms. Ufner in particular.

Woman, I argue for wildlife, for water, and for a better environment, and it is because of these reasons that I encourage my colleagues to vote against H.R. 823.

As much as I appreciate my colleagues' desire to do something good, I must rise in opposition today to H.R. 823. As we all know, wilderness designations in theory implement natural management, meaning that man is to have a hands-off…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act. This bill is very cleverly named to imply that it is safeguarding the Grand Canyon, something I believe…

This cloak-and-dagger impeachment process is unprecedented, uncalled for, and unfair to the American people. When I, a Member of Congress, am turned away from reading testimony from Chairman Schiff's closed-door hearings, how can I keep…

The facts are that there is a process that is underway, a process that has been established by Congress.

Alaska is a beautiful place, and we certainly want to keep it a beautiful place.

As a matter of fact, this is my third term in Congress, and this isn't the first hearing I have had on the Pebble Mine.

Today would be better spent discussing how to move forward the next Water Resources Development Act, a traditionally bipartisan effort.

I want to be clear--I understand the charged nature of this proposal and the potential for environmental disruption that can occur when mining operations are present.

The tragic deaths of our veterans at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg and the sexual assault allegations at the Beckley VA Medical Center are unacceptable.