The conservation of endangered and threatened species relies strongly on the vital designation and protection of their critical habitats under the ESA.
I want to ask you how your budget addresses threats to our lands from extremists, like those who recently occupied the Malheur National Wild...
I think Americans want to know that those that were responsible, the law breakers, are going to reimburse us, and that the taxpayers are not...
The Central Valley Project Improvement Act did not affect any state water rights.
I think we need to all be very careful about the facts on a subject as potentially loaded as California water.
I want to urge everyone to be careful and precise when we talk about this subject.
The whole Valley has not gotten a zero allocation, or isn't getting one.
Porterville, East Porterville, is an environmental justice tragedy and a disgrace.
I will never trivialize those issues.
I think it's safe to say we're now officially in election season.
It's simply about trying to score political points and pursuing an agenda my Republican colleagues have pursued for many years.