"That’s probably three nos."
"For the record, none of them are on this committee, so don't anybody--"
"Congress established the Pell Grant as the main investment in college affordability for low- and middle-income students, but today, the Pell Grant has the lowest purchasing power in more than its 50-y..."
"I appreciate hearing the references from both of you about decisions made closest to the ground are best, and placed-based decisions regarding Federal land use."
"It should be noted, though, when you talk about place-based decisions, we don't write lands bills in my office for my district."
"I know there is some concern about some of the amounts of wilderness and stuff that is being removed from oil and gas exploration."
"When you look at the rest of these proposals, in aggregate, it is about a four-to-one ratio, 4 acres of wilderness or other type of special status versus an acre of economic development."
"I appreciate the reference to the Rocky Mountain West, but those of us from other areas of the West... it is the Intermountain West."
"Please get rid of NEPA and make the Forest Service tell them no."
"There is a failure to distinguish between... what affects the Bureau of Land Management in this bill."
"We thank Congressman Amodei for his support of this important legislation, and we urge Congress to pass the bill this year."
"That decision, which was applied to the Forest Service, basically overturned multiple decades, nearly a half a century of what was recognized in terms of what it did to pursue a mining claim."