"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you Ranking Member Jason Smith for holding this hearing."
"I have major concerns about spending taxpayer dollars to teach an ideology that undermines the principles of the Constitution."
"Biden's budget is a greater threat to our national security."
"I think the American people would be served best by a complete reassessment that includes costs and mission readiness."
"This budget prioritizes a radical agenda through increasing funding for pandemic preparedness, climate change adaption."
"I encourage the DOI to really get their priorities straight, instead of pandering to radicals that want to tear down dams and prevent water storage projects."
"Will you commit here today to keeping the BLM headquarters in Grand Junction, yes or no?"
"this is the exact kind of provision that Washington bureaucrats will use to expand their regulatory power into the private sector."
"this probably plays well with the millionaire and billionaire donor club in New York and California, it is a recipe for higher energy bills, and the cost will fall squarely on the middle class."
"it is really extremely unfortunate that we are meeting to discuss these partisan bills that will hurt our economy and add excessive red tape on the private sector."
"Chairman Grijalva's 290-page bill, H.R. 3764, is simply an attack of the American energy industry and American consumers."