Mike Simpson

This is not the budget request of an Administration that understands the importance of investing in our Nation's water resources' infrastructure.

First, I'd like to thank Chairman Bishop and Ranking Member Grijalva for allowing me to testify today in support of H.R. 4283.

We are looking forward to work with Congressman Simpson on the new proposed language

We support these efforts, and we request that any increase in appropriations under the Wild Free Running Horses and Burros Act be used solely for the implementation of humane, on-the-range management methods such as immunocontraception and…

It is now Congress to act decisively to ensure that these animals are neither sent into holding facilities nor sent in to slaughter.

Finally, we strongly support the continued inclusion of the no kill language to ensure that BLM does not kill healthy wild horses and burros.

Without additional federal support, it would be unrealistic for us to maintain this type of program at this level forever

They should have hearings in the authorizing committees and certainly shouldn't be cut off by riders on the floor.

The current report language limiting the use of humane euthanasia for unwanted and unadopted horses should be removed.

Thank you all for being here today.

We will continue working on it until we find a solution, but we have people--we have groups that have different interests in different parts of it that are all of a sudden starting to talk and work together, and see if they can find a…

The $77 million level that is being requested by the President this year just is not enough to address with that.

I think we are going to be more successful in the future working with private landowners...

I appreciate your support for the bill that we are trying to do.

Thank you, and do not forget our friends in the United States Senate.

If you have any interest in any part of the Interior bill, whether it is the Smithsonian, whether it is, the National Zoo, or whatever it is, you ought to care about this, because how much we are spending on wildfires is affecting our…

We need to actively manage a lot of these forests, and particularly around areas that have cost us a lot of money to fight them.

Mr. Simpson, thank you so much for being one of the original sponsors of the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act.

Congress needs to find a better solution to provide dedicated funding to address this issue year after year.

Thank you all for being here and traveling such a long distance.

I don't remember a lot of people, and I don't know if anybody else has brought up the issue of radon.

We appreciate you coming and offering your testimony here today for the committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There needs to be adequate funding for native communities, schools.

We urge the Subcommittee to work with the agency to ensure that the plans are improved.