Steve Pearce: “I appreciate your holding this hearing today on Federal agencies which intimidate and bully private citizens.”

The regulations drive out the people who will bring honesty and transparency.

We realize that we can bypass the officials and sue, and that we can get things done in court. Psychological warfare is a very under-appreciated aspect of environmental campaigning.

The flags are still in the ground, and the jobs are gone. And, by the way, the Chinese started charging 35 percent excise tax on the rare earth minerals, because they want to put our manufacturers out of business.

I will guarantee you that people in this country right now do not feel safe.