Matt Rosendale

Grizzly bears are predators. There is a small handful of members on this Committee that actually have grizzly bears in their districts.

The metrics and reasoning are not well defined.

It shouldn't be more difficult for the Forest Service to operate in Montana than in Wyoming.

Unless Congress acts promptly to fix Cottonwood, as Congressman Rosendale's FIR Act proposes, the Forest Service will immediately have to re-consult over dozens of national forest plans.

Congressman Rosendale's Forest Information Reform Act (H.R. 200) would permanently fix Cottonwood by clarifying that perpetual reconsultations over forest plans are not required.

I think we both would rather be in Montana at this time of year, or any other time of year, for that matter.

My legislation, the Forest Information Reform Act, amends the Cottonwood requirements for re-consultation in Forest Service plans when new information is found.

And to think that it took 15 years to sign off on a plan that did not deviate at all from what was proposed 15 years ago to me is frightening, because there could have been an absolute tragedy there if there had been a fire and that…

If we look at the chart right behind me here--it is a little bit crooked--but you can see that at one time, going back into 1989, the Forest Service, adjusted by inflation, was generating $2.9 billion a year, $2.9 billion a year of…

wildfire risk is a huge problem for water quality and air quality.

So, how long, on average, do the consultations take between the Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?

Legislation is needed to fix the disastrous Cottonwood decision.

the declining condition of the forests has a lot to do with this graph that we see here.

Now, I am not a scientist, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that when you decrease the amount of timber that you are taking out of the forests, is it safe to say, Mr. Wood, that it is going to come out of the forests in…

Human-bear conflicts have risen significantly, as bear populations expand into historically unpopulated areas.

My legislation, the Comprehensive Grizzly Bear Management Act, H.R. 1419, would direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the endangered species list.

So, is it fair to say that the reported numbers do not capture the full cost of grizzlies on livestock loss, or the total actual numbers of animals that are lost due to grizzlies?

These bureaucrats and some members of this Committee insist on telling Montanans how they should go about their everyday lives.

Gray wolves are fully recovered, and should remain delisted in the Lower 48.

I would like to hear the accounting of the employees and know exactly what actions are being taken to take disciplinary action to hold them accountable.

Why were not they keeping an eye on the CLC, which had multiple reports and issues in the last few years?

What are we going to do about the 500 individuals whose information has been released?

One egregious example was the repeated patient abuse in my district committed by a physical therapist and nurse at Miles City Community Living Center.

We have 500,000 people's information that has not been protected.

Unfortunately, I have had some more information from the Helena facility as well, Fort Harrison.