"And I do want to make a clarification here. The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea, and I think the US is probably behind in that, in creating standards."
"the distinction between developing standards and using those standards in a nefarious way"
"I am concerned that we are getting behind, and we are allowing people who don't have our best interests at heart to develop these standards, where the US has generally been a leader in standards devel..."
"We are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible."
"conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest."
"I think under RAWA you would have about $13 million a year, but you probably have the potential to generate $30 or $40 million a year to do wildlife management where you don't have something like a ti..."
"It was once said some of my colleagues across the aisle aren't always trying to mislead people or mis-state facts, they just know so much about just what isn't so."
"I would like to thank Congresswoman Dingell and the other Members of the Subcommittee who supported that legislation for your efforts on this important issue."
"Many people claim that conservation and economic success are mutually exclusive. However, I believe the two do go hand in hand."
"We are trying to do something that is actually good for wildlife management and fiscally responsible."
"Clawing back $700 million of Inflation Reduction Act funds designated for coastal resilience funding at NOAA, as Rep. Westerman's bill attempts to do, would move us in the wrong direction toward prepa..."