"Utah's farmers and ranchers face too many rules while growing and raising food for Utahns and folks around the world."
"If our Federal land managers just managed our forests like some of the tribes that I have visited with throughout my tenure in Congress, that we wouldn't have the same level of catastrophic wildfires ..."
"The sad part is that, in many cases now, tribes are bearing the brunt of mismanagement on lands that were once pristinely maintained by their ancestors."
"For years, the Karuk Tribe urged the Forest Service to use more cultural burning in the Klamath National Forest, as their Tribe had done for thousands of years."
"the Supervisor's position is unacceptable"
"I often hear something that I don't think is scientifically correct, and that is that fossil fuels cause climate change."
"The science is that it is the emissions."
"I do think that it is very hypocritical when we can mine these commodities much better in a more environmentally friendly way..."
"H.R. 4094, introduced by Mr. Curtis, gives the Department of the Interior more flexibility in addressing issues surrounding the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Basin."
"I suspect it is fair to say not everybody is 100 percent satisfied, but satisfied enough that we have come to the table."
"As I said in my opening remarks, I am happy to see this legislation before us today. I appreciate the Committee's effort to bring this forward."
"I think it is important to hone in for just a minute that two-thirds of this land is going outside of San Juan County."