"I hope the House will act quickly on this legislation."
"Ultimately, when this is all over, I don't believe it will be government that saves us. I believe it will be our small businesses."
"This bill we will vote on later today is critical to delivering resources to the parts of the country and economy that are currently on life support."
"there is no scientific evidence that politicians can solve any problem at all."
"when we villainize coal, we have to remember that we are villainizing hard-working people."
"I think forest management and planting trees alone will not stop climate change, but it is certainly part of a solution."
"I actually have a bill that addresses this. It is called the TAIPEI Act and I hope this committee will pick this bill up and quickly address it."
"I worry that our effort, our U.S. dollars spent in that region are a small percent compared to the influence of China and their maligning influence."
"My great fear that despite all of our best efforts, it is still not enough."
"It is unfortunate that I feel I need to even make that statement."
"Their safety should be, and is, of the utmost importance."
"Calling for local ownership and control of public lands does not embody an attack on the Federal Government."