04/30/2017
https://congress.gov...
"It is not, as the Director said, nor is it right to have strongholds where wilderness-like restrictions over 16.5 million acres of land will be done."
"States are using resources wisely to recover species and keep them off the list. We should do more to encourage them."
"Cramming more species onto a list, or blocking millions of acres, including restricting even how our military can use lands for military training and readiness, is not a measure of success."
"That is pure, unadulterated balderdash."