I have got some families that are having a tough time making ends meet right now, and they are seeing their livelihoods being threatened by some of these policies that are not being backed up by sound science.

I believe we have 11 different counties that are all trying to be able to put together a program of conservation, to be able to do the right thing.

Would it be useful maybe for Secretary Jewell... to be able to come onsite and actually visit, and to be able to see what our Governors, our State legislatures, our local farmers and ranchers are doing?

This is an important issue for all Western States, very important, I know, for our district, in Colorado.

The proposed Endangered Species Act for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse and the Greater Sage-Grouse will impact millions of acres in Colorado and hinder existing conservation efforts. It will put private lands off-limits to most use and…

We are hearing that people that live now in rural America, who earn less, are going to be paying more for what is now law that you must obey and buy insurance.

We have had abundant testimony on this Committee that rules and regulations--and this is another one that we are talking about today--are killing jobs in America, killing job-hiring prospects in America today when we need to be able to…

A majority of drivers, 67 percent report decreases in pay since the rule took effect.

I think this speaks broadly to a bill that we passed through the House of Representatives called the Rains Act

This legislation has truly been locally driven and has broad community support because the bill has been carefully crafted to preserve the Hermosa Creek Watershed.

I appreciate your holding the hearing on today's bill on S. 841, the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013.

I appreciate the opportunity to provide testimony today on this important bill.

An all-of-the-above approach in energy, this responsibly increases production on federal lands and is needed to ensure that the prosperity of our Nation is ensured. This is exactly what H.R. 1965 will accomplish. It creates a framework to…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding me time on this critical matter. I appreciate that my Planning for American Energy Act was incorporated as title II of the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013. This final, commonsense…

I am pleased to have worked with Senator Bennet on this bipartisan effort.

This legislation has truly been locally-driven and has broad community support.

Would you concur that it is important at this time that we do pass that message, we do pass through Congress the--what is just your right, to be able to hang on to that private property water right that is so dear to the West?

So the Federal Government can just jump in, take your private property rights, take your water rights that you paid for, you have developed, with no compensation.

Well, I would like to follow up actually on my good friend, Mr. Huffman, because in California, Colorado, we have seen explosions in growth in population.

I firmly believe that America needs an 'all-of-the above' water supply strategy.

Increasing water storage is critical.

And, Mr. Shibatani, I think I would like to maybe bring this a little bit back to my home State of Colorado.

This is not some new discovery. Yakima has been in need of additional water storage for many decades.

Without the ability to be able to store water that falls on Colorado's slopes, the West as we know it would not exist.

I will continue to oppose these policies that change existing projects and their historical mission.