To every single Member of Congress in this room, it is your constituents who will be put in danger if there is an injunction of fire retardant.

However, as many of the witnesses will point out, the Cottonwood decision has made the construction projects needed to conserve wildlife more difficult.

The letter cautions that, if we fail to act, this will have an adverse effect on our land managers' ability to manage our forests.

How many sawmills have closed in the Western United States?

The wolf is in the Hotel California, and that is the Endangered Species Act. You may enter, but you may never leave.

And that, folks, is why you can't say, 'Congress, throw more money at the problem.'

Delist. You should not do this, judge, because the wolf has recovered.

Public lands are not just squares on a map, they are a source of tranquility, the foundation of our cultural identity, and the lifeblood of our economies.

I look forward to working with you this Congress on our shared legislative and oversight priorities.

I really look forward to that.

I hope the discussion that ensues will help establish some guiding principles of Federal land management and conservation.

Under the guise of conservation, 30 x 30 has supported nothing but preservationist land designations and a $1 billion slush fund.