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

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.

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 the four H's. It is the hydro. It is the habitat. It is the harvest management. It is the hatcheries.

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.

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.

we got to improve the habitat.

this is going to be a challenge for a long, long time until we address that need.

the money you have requested is probably not going to go very far.

I have always found it kind of interesting that our committee, even when I was chair and even before that, we looked at the Arts and Humanities Councils, and we give them the same appropriation.

I am more than willing, and I know members of this committee are also, to figure out how we get to the level that we ought to be at so that there is not disparity between Indian Health Services and other health services delivered by the…

If you are going to reach your climate goals, and renewable energy, and those types of things, you can't outstrip our ability to deliver the critical minerals that are necessary in batteries, in solar, in other things, and for our defense…

One of my advocacies is to make sure that we get grants and so forth out to rural communities.

I think there is really good bipartisan support and has been for the National Park Service in this committee over the years.

We can't ignore that we have betrayed the trust of many people in the past because we haven't done some of this mining right in the past.

To me, that is a very important program, and we need to make sure that it gets funded at an adequate level to be able to carry out their responsibilities and stuff, as I am sure you are well aware.

I do want to thank you for the work that you did in making sure that these local organizations could survive during this pandemic because it was critical to a lot them.

I appreciate what you do, and I would love to entertain you out in Idaho.

How much of the current $167.5 million in this year's budget goes to local communities and grants to State and local communities in both the arts and humanities?

One thing I wanted to follow up on what Representative Simpson said about the ability to have advanced appropriations versus mandatory funding.

We need to work this out so that we are all on the same page because I am on your side on what you are trying to do here.

I look forward to the day when we can actually sit down and talk person-to-person and meet face-to-face and discuss some of these issues.

It just seems like writing a new rule in the midst of all this uncertainty before the Supreme Court rules seems premature now.

the staffing shortage has been an issue across the West, and it has inhibited us from meeting some public lands challenges with the urgency they deserve.

I have kind of come to the conclusion, no matter what rule we write, we are going to get sued.