"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."
"If this were a national monument, all the trees would be considered part of the national monument."
"Mr. Obermueller, the BLM's proposed planning rule is lifted almost entirely from the Forest Service's planning rules adopted in 2012."
"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."
"But you've already said you don't feel like there's any further investigation needed."
"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."
"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."
"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."