John Curtis

Our fentanyl deaths in our state have increased dramatically.

And those are the low numbers.

Every fact here points to the complete failure of President Biden and his policies, or perhaps a better way to describe it is lack of policies.

This is incredibly important, and I hope the American people are watching.

Our strategy has failed to deliver for the people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country.

Do you think this project would have been completed if it were not for the private company coming in and leading the project, or would the work have ended up on the Forest Service's project backlog?

I especially want to thank Congressman John Curtis, who sponsored the bill I am here to discuss.

We should be proud of our resources and the ability to share them with the world in a responsible way.

The Mineral Leasing Act needs to be updated to ensure this critical mineral is produced in the United States, as opposed to similar but inferior products from our adversaries.

I would love to have you and any Member from this Committee, actually, to Zion's National Park to talk about these issues in a realistic way.

I am incredibly proud of Utah's mining industry, as opposed to what you might have heard so far in this meeting.

H.R. 7004 would amend the Mineral Leasing Act in each place that 'gilsonite' is mentioned, to replace it with the appropriate generic terms, 'asphaltite.'

Utah's farmers and ranchers face too many rules while growing and raising food for Utahns and folks around the world.

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.

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 we are seeing today.

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.

The Supervisor's position is unacceptable

The science is that it is the emissions.

I often hear something that I don't think is scientifically correct, and that is that fossil fuels cause climate change.

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 want to acknowledge how important that is, that they have spoken out in support of this, and how that is no small accomplishment.

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.

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 suspect it is fair to say not everybody is 100 percent satisfied, but satisfied enough that we have come to the table.