"Conservation means development as much as it does protection."
"I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that..."
"This proposed rule was rushed forward without material input from Wyoming or other states."
"The best solution is to rescind the rule."
"Let me be clear; my administration values the relationships we have with the Wyoming State BLM Office and the District and Field Office staff throughout the state."
"Yes, absolutely."
"What is interesting to me is that, if you look at BLM and what their mission is, is that it specifically is to use the land, it is a land management agency, and it is supposed to consider conservation..."
"When the former Congressman over here was chatting about conspiracy theories, this whole proposed rule is a conspiracy theory."
"They are taking away all public input, potentially, in how they are going to create intact landscapes, which means the public will have no input, and they can immediately implement it overnight, which..."
"I am incredibly surprised by how this rule came forward because of how it is established, and it is ignoring the long-set precedent that ranchers take every day to manage lands, and not asking for the..."
"If you go more specifically to my district, I don't have the specific numbers for BLM, but Federal lands represent about 90 percent, a high percentage of my district."
"Do you not feel that you have missed something here by not coming to the people in these good areas and getting their input?"