If climate change is indeed real, and I believe it is, as you do, and if the impacts of climate change are those we just discussed, would you say we are currently living up to the goals set by Congress in NEPA?

The science is clear that these species are not foreign imports or hybrids. They are as American as mom and apple pie.

Wolves are not depleting populations of other wildlife to dangerously low levels.

Wolves are not a public safety hazard. Bees, domestic dogs, and deer kill far more people each year than the zero killed by wolves.

Human caused climate change is not a belief, a hoax, or a conspiracy. It is a physical reality.

But this hearing is about whether we should close our eyes and hope that climate change goes away. I promise, it won't.

Can CEQ, the Interior Department, the Agriculture Department, or any aspect of our Federal Government possibly claim to be living up to the goals set forth in NEPA if we continue to deny climate science and ignore climate change in our…

This is an unprecedented giveaway of Indian assets that every member of this committee should oppose.

I believe there is language in the bill to make things whole for the tribe and for the trust lands at the same time.

Mr. Chairman, having visited with Sioux leadership and the folks at the encampment at Standing Rock, a word of both caution and to look at this question with an entirely different set of eyes.

This is a grand bargain for public lands in Utah that has been a priority for Chairman Bishop for almost 5 years now.

Time and again, the proposal tilts the scales dramatically in favor of development and motorized use.