Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, that was extraordinary. We are here to protect the Endangered Species Act by preempting litigation for violations of the Endangered Species Act. That is pretty extraordinary. I mean, we are not only having Groundhog Day here--because this bill has passed three times before and failed to receive any consideration in the Senate and the same thing will happen yet again with this bill-- but now we are wandering into Alice in Wonderland. That is extraordinary. Yes, the Fish and Wildlife Service did delist in the States the gentleman mentioned, but they required that each of those States adopt scientifically based management plans. Well, the scientifically based management plan in Wyoming is open season on wolves. Let's try and exterminate them again. There has also been a tremendous loss of population in a number of the other States that the gentleman referred to. So a judge has found that they violated the Endangered Species Act because they didn't adopt scientifically based management plans. You know, these are horrible predators, as you can see here. They are very, very fierce. They are, of course, responsible for huge, huge, unbelievable--big, as Donald Trump would say, really big--depredation on cattle. Let's look at the causes for loss of cattle. Well, let's see.…”