"Mr. Chairman, thank you so much, Members of the Committee, nice to be here. I am honored to be here."
"Director Ashe, thank you for dedicating your working life to protecting God's species."
"The Endangered Species Act should not be repealed in this backdoor way."
"It is about let's do what is right to protect God's species."
"We have to remember, I think it was Richard Nixon who signed the Endangered Species Act, Richard Nixon."
"Well, the fact that you are delisting shows that the ESA is working."
"All the back door efforts by special interests to undermine the ESA have to stop."
"when we work together on this with the flexibility that we have, everybody is a winner."
"We will have hand-to-hand combat on the floor if these bills are voted out of this committee."
"A recent poll of the American people shows that 84 percent support the ESA, which was passed by an overwhelmingly bipartisan voice vote in the Senate, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon."
"this bill is even worse. It says for 6 years you can't do any listing."