"These issues we are talking about are critically important for our future."
"The first one is when somebody from DC comes and says, 'We are here to help.'"
"That is just not common sense. I mean, that just tells you what is wrong."
"I appreciate that comment, too, that there is always political science going on back in the Beltway."
"the Obama administration through Executive orders, Federal regulation, and settlement driven ESA listings, and habitat designations, is unfortunately waging a renewed war on the West"
"Many view the enforcement of the ESA as being driven by litigation or the threat of litigation, which in turn distracts from species conservation."
"It is like a 40-year ranch pickup. It served a useful purpose, but it is in bad need of repair."
"The heavy-handed 'do this or else' style of the ESA will create a disincentive among those affected local groups."
"The ESA and the decision to list or delist should be based on sound science and not politics."
"We hunt sage grouse in Montana."
"We don't hear that very often back in Washington, DC, so thank you for that."