As I listen to the acting Ranking Member, on behalf of the Democratic Minority, one would think that the ESA was this magnificent success to the environment that has had no cost to our economy. This is sheer fantasy.

the court did not mandate any of these activities. They simply required a plan.

the Park employees are all against these changes. You know, we want to welcome the public to the public's lands.

It seems to me that one common denominator for all of these policies across all of the public land management agencies is to coax the public off the public's lands.

Now we are told, 'Well, commercial activities are not compatible with the public lands.'

Yosemite was set aside 150 years ago specifically for public use, resort, and recreation.

the Antiquities Act was actually originally established to give the Administration emergency power to protect newly discovered archeological sites from raiding.

Do you not agree that it is a massive expansion of entitlement spending?

Put it very simply, when you are depending on your credit cards to pay your bills, you better make the minimum payment first, and I urge you to reconsider your position on that.

it seems to me we are in danger of becoming a lawless government, where whatever we say in the law, the President does what he wants.

I have to take strong exception with your testimony that a provision to support the public credit by assuring the first call on revenues goes to support the public credit is somehow unworkable.

The issue I have raised is very simple. Why can the president's budget not be more like President Clinton's and a lot less like President Bush's?