Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, during the markup of this particular bill, the chair of the Natural Resources Committee agreed with the Democrats that these CRA resolutions are extreme. He said: The CRA process is an extreme process because it does take that ability away from a Federal agency, and if we enact this resolution, the agency can't take those steps again. That was repeated right now by my colleague who spoke. I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who are taking this extreme step what their plan is. When the lesser prairie-chicken or the northern long-eared bat slips closer to extinction, what is the backup? There is no backup. The CRA is permanent, and extinction then becomes the only avenue and the only probability. Mr. Speaker, I suggest that 99 percent of the species that have been listed on the Endangered Species Act continue to exist. That is the track record that should be highlighted, and that is the track record, on this 50-year anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, that we should all be proud of. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”