On the recordJune 14, 2022
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Regrettably, I will not be able to support this bill either. It is another $1.4 billion of mandatory spending--no offsets, no sunset. This is another case of the runaway Biden inflation train gaining speed. The only question at this point to the American people is how spectacular the crack-up is going to be, and the American people know that. When I go out and talk to them, I hear about two things: energy prices and inflation. Well, here we have got another $1.4 billion that are going to be poured into the tinderbox of the train to send it careening down the rails even faster. The only question is how spectacular the crack-up is going to be. Unfortunately, the American people are going to suffer the consequences. The author of this bill just said that she would like to take some species off the endangered species list. There is one that can come off right now--right now--that has recovered. Representative Boebert and I proposed an amendment to de-list the gray wolf. It has recovered. The gray wolf is in the ESA ``Hotel California.'' They can enter, but they never leave. Twenty-five wildlife scientists from the upper Midwest a decade ago said, you need to de-list the wolf. We put together an amendment for this bill, and it was not considered.…
