Political Quotes

“I thank Ms. Tenney for illustrating what is necessary common sense and finding a balance between protecting species as well as protecting a region's economic stability. I thank her very much for her leadership in that overall picture. We look forward to continuing to work with her. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry of the Committee on Natural Resources. {time} 2110 Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from the State of Washington, a good friend and chairman of our Western Caucus. I appreciate the time and the effort to have this time of education here tonight on the House floor, and for those who would watch and want to actually learn what goes on. So where do we start on the Endangered Species Act? Passed in 1973, signed by Republican President Richard Nixon. Now, if you were to listen to the rhetoric any time Republicans want to talk about reforming the Endangered Species Act or doing things that make sense, I think, out in the woods or with water storage, with mining the critical minerals we are going to need for a lot of these idealistic views, we are going to have more and more use of electricity, you would think that we were going to be the plunderers of the land. Completely not the case.…”