Roger Marshall: “I rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the motion to discharge President Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of…”

“I rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the motion to discharge President Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning. Since Ms. Stone-Manning's first hearing in the beginning of June, members of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee have gathered copious amounts of information regarding a number of controversies that disqualify her for this important role within our Federal Government. As has been highlighted today, Ms. Stone-Manning was involved in a tree-spiking plot as a member of the ecoterrorist group Earth First!--a tree-spiking plot. I have to tell you, I didn't know what tree spiking was until a couple of weeks ago. Could you imagine taking this nail and driving it into a tree with the hopes it would deter that tree from ever being cut down And the concern is, someone that would take a chain saw, cutting through that tree, when they would hit this spike, what would happen? I, unfortunately, had to take care of more than one chain saw situation in the emergency room. Let me tell you about a chain saw accident. The chain doesn't cut the flesh; it tears the flesh apart. It tears the skin apart, the muscles apart. It grabs the tendon and literally wraps them around the chain saw, usually permanently maiming people. So could you imagine, if a chain saw hit this spike, what would happen?…”