Lauren Boebert

Gray wolves are fully recovered, and should remain delisted in the Lower 48, and they should be managed by states who have proven more than capable at managing these thriving populations.

While well intentioned, the ESA has been weaponized, and we need to restore some balance to this process.

Shamefully, some of these groups have also profited immensely from these slimy tactics.

For far too long, the Endangered Species Act has been weaponized by extremists, extremist environmentalists, to obstruct common-sense, multiple-use activities that they disagree with.

I am just wondering if my colleagues on the other side would put babies on the endangered species list.

Congressman Tom Tiffany and I have introduced legislation, along with nearly two dozen of our colleagues, to reissue the 2020 rule, and fully delist gray wolves in the Lower 48, consistent with the best available science.

I am thrilled to see my bill, H.R. 764, the Trust the Science Act, included in this hearing.

I would point out to you that the Administrative Procedure Act limits courts from reviewing an agency's action if a statute like the Trust the Science Act precludes judicial review of such an action.

I do want to say before my opening remarks, since we are talking about the Endangered Species Act, I am just wondering if my colleagues on the other side would put babies on the endangered species list.

We do differ in our hearts because they are doing nothing to save lives in the womb.

The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, unless you are talking about hunting tyrants, maybe.

I appreciate your work and your service, and with that, I yield.

Have any criminal referrals aligned with this--been made from any of the IGs?

Rather than being reactive and spending more money to find money, the Federal Government should enact policies to ensure that this kind of abuse never occurs again.

This Committee is finally committed to getting to the bottom of the $560 billion in taxpayer money that was lost in waste, fraud, and abuse.

These bureaucrats have basically joined the pajama party, the Federal Government has somehow gotten even worse at serving the American taxpayers from significant backlogs in case management and lengthy response times.

So, obviously, the day that he took office Joe Biden unilaterally declared an all-out war on American energy production.

I do see this as sabotage

I would like that sentiment to be expressed and the Members to be reminded to show respect to our witnesses who are here today.

I do want to take a few seconds to respond. That was great. We are addressed as MAGA extremists, extreme MAGA Republicans. I will just make a clarification point. It is ultra MAGA. That is what we prefer. But I will say to the ranking…

Let's work together to capture it.

Now, I am sorry, Mr. Beard, look, I am not asking what you would do to an already over-complicated process.

It is truly disgusting.

I am personally sick of seeing woke corporations virtue signaling their lobbying for policies that destroy American jobs.

With the average hardrock mining project taking 7 to 10 years, clearly we must do more to streamline the permitting process.