Jim Costa actually said...

"I think, unfortunately, we have a situation with the ESA, where it is the initial blunt instrument that stops us."

"I think the way it operates today, it is a blunt tool."

"the grazing allotments within six national forests I have in my district are pushed back farther and farther on the burner, and the costs keep going up because of NEPA."

"I find it somewhat saddening that some of our colleagues here on the Committee continue to think that growing food is of less importance."