"And I want to remind all of you of your responsibility here at this Committee. It is to protect the United States of America."
"to go forward with a proposed rule like this and say that what we are doing today isn't working, and ignoring what is happening on the ground, I think, is extremely arrogant, perhaps naive."
"When we choose not to manage, we make a management decision."
"It is very true. In fact, you have a lot of producers out there that may have private land that is completely surrounded by BLM land."
"One of the things that this Administration could do to get off their butt and actually do something about conservation is make sure that we get Rejuvra approved."
"In a heartbeat. We would beat them every day of the week."
"They openly say that there will be public input, yet do not conduct and follow through on that."
"If they weren't focused on sustainability, if they weren't focused on conservation, they wouldn't be in business now."
"It will shut down economic activity in these regions of the country."
"This proposed rule absolutely allows them to look at large landscapes and to shut the public out from accessing it."
"It aids in the fight against wildfire, and that is because we have been able to go around the Federal Government."