Political Quotes

“If the gentleman will yield, I am just saying there is a better way to have this discussion than hurling the kind of language you are hurling around, because a lot of us have worked, both sides, bipartisan, and a lot of work. I open the door to have those conversations with you as well. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair reminds the gentleman from Oregon that the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa) controls the time. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chair, the ESA requires us to use the best available science and information and have all the stakeholders able to be at the table, such as having full applicant status, for the Klamath water users. Having them as an applicant just gets more information and more input from everybody that might be affected by possible ESA decisions. We would love to work in a collaborative, neighborly process around here. When the rhetoric flies so much that accuses us, accuses that water users up there a long time, that have had a promise made to them by the Federal Government of being something other than what they are, it does make it difficult. And it is the kind of thing that the American people, as they view the operations on TV, really get tired of. So I would be one that would love to cooperate and get a result. But on this amendment here, we need this help for those contractors to have a fair seat at the table. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa).…”