Frankly, even Senator Lummis's point that the west is not the same as the east, North Dakota is one of four States who has never violated their ambient air quality standards.

Similarly, considering that the first Administration priority that you referenced in your opening statement is America the Beautiful or 30X30, would you say that is also a high priority?

Now, this is one big Executive Order, 30X30. Why wouldn't that trigger NEPA when we are talking about tripling the protected acres in the United States?

I introduced legislation to prohibit the Service from entering into a conservation easement of greater than 50 years.

They have had their private property rights trampled on, the Service not living up to its contractual agreements.

I have heard from literally hundreds of North Dakota landowners that are encumbered with Fish and Wildlife Service Waterfowl Protection Area easements.

Would it be safe to say that NEPA compliance is a really high priority for this Administration, particularly for local communities, stakeholders, others, to provide input on Federal decisions?

I am looking at the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council's Justice40, some of the conclusions that they drew.

I don't think it is clear at all. I think it is very confusing, quite honestly.

This bill does serve as an exemplary example of what can be done when we work together.

I don’t find a lot of solace in that just because it didn’t happen in my state. So, yes, I think you could expect the pro-life activists would push for federal protections.

This legislation, for those of us in the West, prioritizes western States' water rights.

Forgive my skepticism and the skepticism of the people of North Dakota, but I am so tired of bureaucrats...

They are really biologists pretending to be tough guys.

Their experiences have been disastrous.

I have never understood that.

They have had their private property rights trampled on, their personal rights trampled on.

Put simply, the Fish and Wildlife Service is the textbook example of an intransigent bureaucracy which is more interested in its own self-interests than the interests of the citizens of this country.

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting my amendment to remove the substitute, return the bill to its evenly bipartisan form.

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In the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, we added I think $65 billion just to that, to try, and again, make sure that every rural community in America has good libraries, good access to education, commerce, medicine.

So all of us on this side will oppose a windfall profits tax as designed by the Chairman.

So I remind the American public that they have been selling policy proposals that really do not pass the smell test.

It is not Putin's fault. It is not corporate greed.

Well, I don`t know if he has dirt on Biden, if he does he should reveal it. But he`s a war criminal so I don`t expect it. He sitting around thinking about ways you can reveal other information, if in fact he has it.