Steven Daines actually said...

"I think we have listed over 2,000 species, and recovery of around 1 percent. So how can we say that is the strongest environmental legislation in the country, with, frankly, some pretty poor results?"

"We love grizzly bears in Montana. Their populations are expanding, since they have been listed."

"My experience, too, as a fifth-generation Montanan, is the ESA is about listing species more so than it is actually about recovery."

"It is rare we see much bipartisan agreement in this town."