It should be noted the Republican budget, the Ryan budget, raises taxes for middle class families with kids by an average of $2,000 in order to coddle, I guess, the very wealthy in this country. They are better off; that middle class…

If the past is a prologue, there will be no effort to try to make the changes that will garner bipartisan support, and the Majority will just move forward to mark up, because, as we all know, they have the votes.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Arizona has 15\1/2\ minutes.

None of these bills will actually lead to the recovery of more species.

I think the Representatives from Washington stated the case for the legislation. All of us concur with that. I urge all Members to vote for this piece of legislation. It is thoughtful, it is pragmatic, and it is necessary to do it with…

After numerous hearings and a partisan task force which concluded that the Endangered Species Act is a failure because it has not recovered enough species, we now have before us four bills that would create red tape, divert agency…

I do not believe that collecting fees to recreate on our Nation's public lands is the silver bullet to solve the maintenance backlog and is the long-term solution to our budget constraints.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important meeting, and thank Ranking Member DeFazio for his valuable input into the discussion we are having today.

Recreation fees--and that is part of the big discussion today--are applicable to everyone, regardless.

I encourage the committee to hold a hearing on this bill.

As Congressman Ruiz mentioned, these places are good medicine for the body, mind, and soul.

We all want to see the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act reauthorized, and reauthorized swiftly.