I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Amodei).

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes now to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart), a former member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).

Before I yield to my colleague from Wyoming, I want to address what the previous speaker mentioned. She was talking about the Tubman bill. Had this bill that we are debating here today been in effect, we wouldn't have had the problem with…

I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), the sponsor of this legislation.

May I inquire how much time remains on both sides? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 16 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Arizona has 9\3/4\ minutes remaining.

In closing, I want to, again, make the point there of my colleague from California (Mr. Huffman). He had a bill that passed the House and is pending in the Senate. There is no need for the President to go through this. All you have to do…

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford), one of my classmates.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think his amendment adds to this legislation, and I support his amendment.

I find it hard sometimes to listen to this debate, especially when I hear my good friends on the other side of the aisle defending anything that the Reagan administration did. But they are doing it, so I will acknowledge that there is some…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, to hear my friends on the other side of the aisle argue about this, they are making arguments that are pre-1977. Now, why do I say that? Because they are talking about their perception…

How much time remains on my side? The CHAIR. The gentleman has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Before I speak directly as to why we should not adopt this amendment, let me respond to the rhetorical question that my friend from Pennsylvania asked when he said: How can you say that this administration rule, which hasn't been…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes, again, to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), the chairman of the subcommittee dealing with this legislation.

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Stutzman).

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), the subcommittee chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee dealing with this legislation.

I would advise my friend from New Jersey I am prepared to close if the gentleman is prepared to close.

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this administration has been less than transparent on this topic.

So in delisting the bald eagle, we had to demonstrate that we had a conservation framework going forward.

there are legitimate concerns that the administration is implementing these laws in an arbitrary fashion.

This hearing is not an attack on the wind industry or wind energy. It is about how the administration is developing and implementing enforcement policies.

No matter the industry, all of these job creators deserve to have certainty, clarity, and transparency from the administration.

the administration has developed specific guidance to assist the burgeoning wind industry, and has selectively prosecuted only a handful of violations.