Bruce Westerman

We should apply tribal traditional knowledge and modern forestry to other Federal lands.

This problem will only intensify unless we act now.

There is simply no excuse for allowing millions of Americans to remain in harm's way as our forests become more overgrown.

It is imperative that we identify and remove barriers to implementing critical risk reduction projects.

Today, we will discuss one of the most serious threats currently facing our country--catastrophic wildfire.

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my colleague from Arkansas Congressman French Hill's bill, H.R. 2611, that will modify the boundary of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site to…

I thank Mr. Pearce for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, this rule by the BLM is a classic example of agency overregulation at its finest. Should the new regulations take effect, lessees and operators will be forced to maintain…

Another way the BLM has ignored their obligations under the rulemaking process is by discounting the practical difficulties for both industry and the agency associated compliance. Mr. Chairman, the BLM ignored their rulemaking…

I thank Chairman Calvert and Chairman Frelinghuysen for their hard work on this bill. On November 17, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management released a final rule titled: ``Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title) insert the following: limitation on use of funds Sec. __…

I would like to thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the Members for their questions.

How long can some of this Section 106 consultation process take?

That sounds like quite a time-consuming endeavor.

I hope our discussion today will bring us closer to potential solutions that bring the application of these laws back to Congress' original intent.

Today, we will examine the implementation of two significant laws: the Marine Mammal Protection Act, or the MMPA; and the National Historic Preservation Act, also referred to as NHPA.

I will remind the gentleman that would be a violation of House decorum.

It is an extreme honor to note the accomplishment of a hardworking Arkansas Fourth District family. Mark and Shay Morgan and their daughter, Kate, of Clarksville, were named last December as the 2016 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year, and…

We look forward to working with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands and Congressman Bruce Westerman to ensure that a solution addresses both fire borrowing and the erosion of the Forest Service's budget over-time due…

I applaud this bill, and I support continued action on it.

I have stated before that the forests need industry much worse than industry needs forests today.

I take strong exception to that.

I think we sometimes forget the overall economic impact to our country when home building is strong.

Forestry and healthy forestry is the perfect thing to do that with.

I will ask them, do you like trees? Do you like healthy forests? And Republicans, Democrats, Independents alike like healthy forests.

Thank you for doing a second round of questioning. I want to publicly acknowledge the input we have had from Democrats on this bill.