"I was surprised that they are really watching Congress."
"Providing this authority will ensure that existing water diversions can be properly maintained and repaired when necessary and preserves beneficial use for private property owners who hold water right..."
"H.R. 2050 is bipartisan and non-controversial. It is intended as a simple, reasonable solution to a problem that I think we can all agree should be solved as quickly as possible."
"This nonpartisan, noncontroversial legislation is a technical fix intended to enable the Forest Service to authorize and permit existing historical water diversions within Idaho wilderness."
"H.R. 2050 authorizes the Forest Service to issue special use permits for all qualifying historic water systems in these wilderness areas."
"Count mine as one solid voice on behalf of ensuring that the landscape we bequeath to future generations is one with an abundant, generous, and diverse system of wilderness areas."
"This bipartisan, non-controversial legislation is a technical fix intended to enable the Forest Service to authorize and permit existing historical water diversions within Idaho wilderness."
"Just quickly to add to that, as a big believer in those incredible educational opportunities of apps, of a lot of this digital media, how do we monetize that?"
"No Administration or Congress can unilaterally decide the law doesn't apply to them."
"One of the most glaring decisions by the Administration to ignore this fundamental principal of law is the attempt by the Administration to unilaterally withdraw the license application for Yucca Moun..."
"After spending billions of dollars going into ever-changing directions, how do you sustain a program with a 20- to 30-year lifetime frame in an environment of ever-changing policies?"