"The diversity of that perspective helps us make better decisions. When we hear those different opinions, we make better policy decisions."
"When you guys have a tough economic recession on the East Coast or on the West Coast, often it is the middle of the country that stabilizes this country."
"It takes their ability to be producers away from them."
"That is why it is important to stop this, because, specifically on this rule, there is no scientific data, there is no analysis."
"As a governor you need to get things done, and accomplished, and do what is best for people. And we work on a bipartisan basis every single day."
"I would say for most ranchers, it is not a business model, it is their family legacy."
"One thing that really frustrates me about the current Administration is that they will be deceptive when they say a rule is proposed for one reason, when their real objective is another reason."
"I am just a big believer that we have lost our nation's work ethic, and we need to remember why we have one."
"What they are doing in this rule is putting conservation efforts, based on no definition of what those conservation efforts are or what they should be, and placing them above every other use."
"There will be business owners, small businesses in my state that will be bankrupt if this proposed rule goes into place."
"it lacks any scientific data or analysis that what we are doing today is not providing conservation."