Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you, Chief Manger, for your leadership and efforts to implement the recommendations."

"I think that we have heard a lot of reference to kind of reduce reliance on regulation."

"Why don't we simultaneously say we are going to step up support for the Federal efforts when we are doing this bill?"

"the most direct path to reducing regulation of endangered species is to get them recovered and get them off of the endangered species list."