Cliff Bentz actually said...

"the flexibility in the ESA should be celebrated, not undermined with legislation."

"So, I just have to wonder why my friends across the aisle are proposing legislation that makes it easier for bad actors to do these things, and to make it harder for American companies who are playing..."

"I think a lot of the folks up here have been asking you what you do differently when you cross over that bright line."

"The question that we all should be asking ourselves is that which you are doing in your agency helping the bat, or are you just going through the steps?"