I urge this Committee to help rein in the power of the EPA and Fish and Wildlife Service and give clarification on definitions such as habitat.

The Endangered Species Act is a well-intentioned law that should play an important role in protecting vulnerable and iconic species that define the American wilderness.

It is unfortunate that our often-unelected bureaucrats can have so much influence on rural America, on the places that they have never visited, and on the people that they will never meet.

I have consistently fought to include funding in our congressional appropriations for this commission and am glad that the United Nations has also been very supportive.

When the Honduran people elected President Castro in 2022, they did so with the hope that her Administration would be a change from the status quo.

Today, I rise in opposition to the Spartz amendment No. 76. This amendment states that none of the funds made available by this appropriations bill may be used to carry out commodity checkoff programs. Checkoff programs function as…

I felt the process was somewhat disorganized as it was laid out and as--my constituents had extreme concerns.

I just think that process really needs constant review.

I'm not saying there's not climate change. I'm not saying there's not scientific things we can do to keep a clean environment.

The fact that a nuclear Iran is unacceptable.

the more that we could capture in the soil, the better off we would be.

I introduced H.R. 4824, the Carbon Sequestration Calibration Act--there's a name for you--but anyway, a bill that authorizes the Department of Energy to carry out terrestrial carbon sequestration research and development.