And they vowed to kill as many Americans as they can and they have blood on their hands right now.

This is a state sponsor of terrorism that received $1.7 billion of cash on a pallet in Tehran.

Let's step back for a minute. We have a government that is--has vowed to wipe our major ally in the Middle East--really the only one that we trust, I think--Israel, off the face of the earth.

It is so important to make sure that we have a government that helps these institutions and not hurts them.

When regulations go up, costs go up. When costs go up, choice goes down.

Why don't we have more of these to make sure we know how the people feel about this issue?

the Antiquities Act, which we have discussed here today, was designated to set aside and protect small pieces of land like Indian burial grounds.

I want to make sure that what is not lost in this hearing is the tremendous generosity that Ms. Quimby and her family have offered to give this land that they rightly own to the people.

If, in fact, a Federal Government that has a $19 trillion debt and a $12 billion backlog in the National Park Service to maintain the existing parks and monuments cannot fully fund the build-out and the maintenance of this national…

I have introduced legislation such that no president, this president or any other president, is able to sidestep the legislative process, the people's representatives, and designate national monuments without the approval of the state…

Even though you may think you are going to have a seat at the table on how this land is managed and what is done with it in the future, reality shows that you will not.