"I would love to do more bipartisan talking about some of these issues in the Congress and wish we could do more together and find ways to do that."
"I am glad to see my colleagues talking about it this morning and wanting to preserve it, because many times we seem to be thinking that it does not work."
"It is not perfect; no law is. The last perfect law was probably the Ten Commandants; and in today's Congress, those probably would not be perfect, either."
"The Obama administration is on track to delist more species than any other administration has in the history of the law."
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"I want to give particular thanks to Sheriff Brown and Mr. Schoppmeyer for their service."
"I hope as we undertake these hearings that we will always remember the contributions and sacrifices of our law enforcement officers."
"Law enforcement within Federal land management agencies is no easy task."
"The work performed by land management agency law enforcement is just as challenging, just as important, and just as dangerous as other law enforcement jobs."
"Must we always learn the hard way? Why do the women and men who serve their communities and their country have to pay for it with their lives? I think there is a better way."
"To enter this testimony into the record."
"I want to applaud the Chairman's focus on whether energy developers on Bureau of Land Management land are adhering to the polluter pays principle."