"Today, as the Ranking Member noted, some of us are celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act. Others are trying to gut it."
"The Endangered Species Act is supported by over 90 percent of the American people."
"It does not make sense to us why it is necessary to create additional bureaucratic layers when the current process has not had issues."
"It is critical that we don't take for granted the goodwill that has been generated between us and our FSA partners."
"We must keep these challenges in mind as we consider solutions that will be of mutual benefit to our national security."
"We have drafted the Extinction Prevention Act to provide funding for some of those underfunded, most imperiled species."
"The signal that the FAS would receive from this change is that the U.S. is seeking to downgrade the importance of the U.S. relationship with the FAS."
"The current proposal is incomplete and not ready for introduction on the house floor."
"I am very hopeful that we will find a path."
"These agreements carry with it not only the continuation of a relationship and an alliance, but they go deeper."
"This change was clearly not requested by the DOI."