"If we want California agricultural production and the associated food security that accompanies it, we need to meaningfully invest in our infrastructure."
"Removing federal protections for these grizzly populations will pave the way for trophy hunting and subject bears to ever-increasing levels of persecution."
"What happened then? Well, Idaho authorized the killing of 90 percent of their 1,500 wolves."
"It is beyond ironic that Rep. Boebert is working to undermine the will of Colorado voters to bring back wolves to the state."
"How much can we afford to spend?"
"We saw it play out in the months after the Trump administration delisted the wolf and the greater Yellowstone grizzly."
"These bills ignore science, rather than trust it."
"Any law can be improved, and that is what we are about."
"Enacting these bills would indeed undermine the successful recovery of these species and the rule of law."
"The sheer hubris of these bills is impressive."
"Those who would say that this law is perfect are wrong."