We don't want to be forced into a position where all of a sudden that, because of the annual appropriation process, you are going to have to lay off a couple thousand people or something like that.

It would be beneficial to discuss the Forest Service's plans for implementing these additional sources of funding.

the horrendous inflation that we have seen, and every economist that I have ever talked to has said that it is caused by excessive spending by the Federal Government.

I suspect you are going to see $30 million more in the next budget that is written because I think Congress has good bipartisan support for that program.

We have heard from Tribes about how increasing the pay of Federal employees only further exacerbates the hiring and retention problems for Tribal firefighters.

the worst thing you can do for sequestration is to burn that tree.

I have said this before, but it is important to repeat it: as the Nation faces record inflation, we must be very conscious of our decisions on this committee to not saddle future generations with unnecessary economic burdens and further…

Our goal is to move us forward and to continue moving us forward to address just what you said.

I look forward to working with the Ranking Member Pingree to advance programs that help conserve and protect our Nation's most critical natural, cultural, and environmental resources.

I mean, we have been so lack in it over the century that it will be years before we can all stand up and say we are where we need to be.

The reality is nobody knows yet. We don't know yet what this is going to be.

So I appreciate what you have to say, and we will certainly work with you as we try to put together a 2024 budget that isn't ridiculous.

it is the most important issue that I have been working on in Congress in the 24 years I have been here.

we got to improve the habitat.

I want to thank Chairman Simpson, who is our representative, for his continued efforts on behalf of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes, and for his efforts on salmon recovery for the Snake River.

We can't allow it to happen.

I would be more than happy to work with you with the ADA because I have a close association with them.

Idaho salmon runs particularly interest me because I am from Idaho obviously, but they are going to go extinct if we don't do something.

It is going to be controversial. It is costly, but it has got to be done.

Mandatory advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service is absolutely key.

I have really enjoyed working with the Nez Perce Tribe on trying to save the salmon in the Snake River. We are going to get it done.

Indian Country has been and will continue to be a bipartisan priority of this subcommittee.

I want to ensure that all institutions in my district and across the country with track records of success can continue to serve their McNair scholars.

It is going to take the cooperation of all sides. And I was hoping that the company, Simplot, and the tribes could get together and come to some resolution.

We have that same obligation, and that is called meeting the treaty obligations that we have made in this country over the years that we haven't done.