I believe it would be hard to argue that the law has been anything but an abject failure.

The Endangered Species Act is a critical tool for protecting our natural resources.

Well, I think we have seen in many instances where Judges have used their own political philosophies have bent to affect how they judge things and not entirely independent.

the Department is seeking independent experts to evaluate the allegations.

MacDonald's zeal to advance her agenda has caused considerable harm to the integrity of the ESA program and to the morale and reputation of the FW.

The focus of today's hearing seems to be on attacking the integrity of agency scientists.

We believe there needs to be increased scientific rigor applied in ESA decisions.

the Endangered Species Act, when it is allowed to work, protects wildlife from utter destruction.

And I am going to make a very clear and explicit record to support that finding of agency bad faith because, candidly, the only inference that the Court can draw is that it is an attempt to mislead and to deceive the Court into accepting what is not only not the best science, it's not science.

The Tea Party movement is expressing the most powerful political force in America. It's written in the constitution of the United States, we as people. We, the people expressing their concern about their loss of freedom, the fiscal irresponsibility of this administration and the leadership here in this house.

If you listen to what they are telling the media, they don't know why they are there, they are just mad. And I see people angry and I'm not historic too but this attack upon business, attack upon industry, attack upon freedom, now the unions seem to be weighing in and trying to subvert that anger into a political power to try to reelect a president whose policies are just totally ignorant and incompetent.