"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 debt."
"I am not going to bring up whether it ought to be one land management agency with the BLM."
"Farmers are fearful of their practices and what they're going to be able to do and so forth."
"They ought to all be treated equally."
"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."
"We are hearing from the Tribes and every entity. They train the law enforcement officers, and the law enforcement officers then go to the cities, you know, that have higher pay."
"But before I die, I'm going to save Idaho's salmon runs. I hope you'll help us do that."
"I have some real problems with the WOTUS rule."
"the major part of it is going to be nuclear energy."
"I would think twice about going out and fighting wildfire if they didn't have the ability to suppress these catastrophic wildfires with fire retardant."
"What are you going to do if the Rules Committee says, No, we are not going to waive that provision?"