Mike Simpson actually said...

"It is my understanding that the United States has banned commercial importation of ivory for decades, so what we are talking about here is not restricting illegal commerce and endangered species but b..."

"We are going to use the appropriated dollars to go after poachers, to work on demand reduction both here in the United States and in other countries."

"It is a big problem around this country."

"We are putting hundreds of millions of dollars into fixing up America's front yard. That is the National Mall."