"I view this issue as one where we don't have to pick a side, boats versus whales."
"Safety is of paramount importance to my operation."
"Since his first day in office, President Biden has abused the authority of the Antiquities Act to add large swaths of acreage to the Federal estate, reducing public access in the process."
"I would make the argument that, if this is good enough for Harry Reid, it should be good enough for us."
"I would argue the Biden administration to work with Congress to once again look at this model, rather than to use their time in attempting to unlawfully circumvent Congress to rewrite FLPMA."
"New Mexico has boldly initiated a pilot conservation leasing program of its own under her leadership."
"The Antiquities Act is a crucial land management tool to help ensure that we are able to protect these lands."
"The public lands rule that we are discussing here today will help to bring us closer to the goal of a climate-resilient, ecologically intact, and culturally preserved landscape."
"The State of Arizona and Mohave County simply cannot afford to lose any more land to the federal government."
"The only thing placing 'keep out signs' on the land does is that it forever hamstrings our citizens from making a living or enjoying the land."
"With overwhelmingly bipartisan support at that time from across the entire political spectrum, the U.S. Congress had finally spoken and clearly defined the disposition of public lands in northern Ariz..."
"I think that you may consider this a modernization of the language in the bill, but it is an expansion that is outside the parameter of the definitions of what the mission of the agency is under the b..."