Bruce Westerman

Why would the Federal Government want to take on a liability and change a culture and a way of life?

If somebody owns the land and they want to give it away, that is their prerogative to do that.

If this were a national monument, all the trees would be considered part of the national monument.

In hearings, we have Federal land managers come into the hearing, the National Park Service being one of them.

Do we really need more Federal land? Do we not already have enough Federal land in enough places set aside?

As Representative Poliquin already mentioned, just up the road here there is a $68 million backlog at Acadia.

Jesus said: ``Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.'' This poignant verse is inscribed on the headstone of Arkansas and American hero and Hot Springs native Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown. Adam's…

I would like to emphasize that, even with these additional 20 missiles, we will still be below the numbers for FY 2015 and FY 2016. This is an unfunded request and high priority for the Army, and I encourage a positive vote on this…

I would also like to commend the Material Management and Minimization program for the work that they have done, but as was stated before, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies of the Committee on…

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 subtitle B of title I, add the following new section: SEC. 1__. FUNDING FOR SURFACE-TO-AIR…

Mr. Obermueller, the BLM's proposed planning rule is lifted almost entirely from the Forest Service's planning rules adopted in 2012.

But you've already said you don't feel like there's any further investigation needed.

So if you were to look into it and found out that they had been working on this before the assessment ever began, you wouldn't have any problem with that?

So he testified that they'd already been working with NatureServe. When the assessment came along, they just took the work they'd already done and made that part of the assessment.

As unpleasant and as unfortunate as this debt issue is in Puerto Rico, I am actually glad that we are here in Congress talking about debt.

I thank the gentleman from Alabama for his important work on this issue, and also the gentleman from Ohio. I rise today in support of H.R. 4557, the BRICK Act. This legislation delays an unnecessary EPA rule that imposes overly strict…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his comments. This is an American problem. It is not a Republican problem or a Democratic problem. It is a bipartisan debt that we all created, and it is going to take bipartisan solutions to fix this…

I would again like to thank the gentleman from Alabama for his comments. Mr. Speaker, you have heard from three freshmen Members today. Next I would like to yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), a more seasoned member of the…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his thoughtful input, his training, and his expertise. This is the kind of expertise that we need to rely on here in this body. Next, as Congressman Brat talked about the laboratories of democracy…

I was trained as an engineer. In my engineering training, we were taught that, before you can solve a problem, you have to identify and define the problem. If you solve the wrong problem, you accomplish very little. I serve on the Budget…

As it has been noted, Puerto Rico has lost about 10 percent of its population and over 250,000 jobs in the last 10 years.

How do you mitigate something that is irreplaceable?

This Administration's model of preservation and a total hands-off approach.

This Memo and plan looks to me like it could be used as an impediment for any use and management of our resources.

It takes a while to get here from Arkansas, but these issues are not only important to Utah, they are important to the whole country.