I want to thank this committee--particularly for being solution oriented in some of those, and we will talk about the fire funding, as Congresswoman McCollum mentioned this morning.

I looked at the budget. I am not happy. We are going to fight about it. I think I am going to win at the end of the day.

It is irresponsible to cut programs that provide advance warning protections to protect life, health, and property of millions of Americans.

I will not support an Interior environment bill that appropriates less than our current 2017 Fiscal Year level.

The priority is addressing our holdings first.

Fire funding is a huge issue. I look forward to working with this committee, who has been a huge sponsor, and Mr. Simpson kind of the spiritual leader of that effort, to see if we can get that across the goal line.

We need to fix our stuff; so the priority in this budget was fixing our stuff first.

The budget is unacceptable, and I expect my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reject it.

We are looking at reorganizing how we do business with Interior because the carp issue is an example.

If you must fight, fight for your people.

It is not a nice to have; it is honoring a treaty.