A lot of conversations about who is to blame for high gas prices, anyone that truly believes that President Obama or Secretary Chu or Speaker Boehner or Congressman Lujan wants higher fuel prices for the American people, it is not true.

But Mr. Chairman, one of the technical amendments that we are looking at, and I think this is something that Mr. Labrador may be able to find some support for as we get a chance to talk about grazing as well, is making sure that the…

My legislation... simply assigns these islands the official title of the Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Area.

H.R. 1241, a bill to establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area, is a big step forward in the effort to protect environmentally sensitive areas as well as recognize the traditional uses of the land that means so much to…

I think that if we are able to work together, there may be a way to pull a lot more support.

We want to thank you and all of the witnesses that are here today for being with us to talk about this important legislation bills--one that protects cultural and traditional uses of land, landscapes in New Mexico; another protects marine…

I appreciate the indulgence of the Chairman here--Ms. Weldon, one other area that I want to ask for your consideration...

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

I would like to thank Chairman Bishop and Ranking Member Grijalva for bringing this bill before the Subcommittee.

While I appreciate the intent of my fellow Congressman, Mr. Labrador, his bill is a good beginning to a conversation on how to address the backlog of grazing permit renewals.

I am a strong advocate of efforts that encourage private sector job growth.

Thank you so much for your advocacy, and my best to your family.