Tom Tiffany

You think the open border contributes to this?

Are you sure those indicted 45 Minneapolis gang members are actually going to be charged with a crime?

I would just say, when the President says you need to look at something, they are probably saying, 'Do it.'

So, when the President tells you to look at something, it is probably not a maybe, is that right? It is a directive?

Those are not market forces, Mr. Chairman, when the Federal Government tries to put you out of business.

And those 10,000 people are harming 300 million in the United States of America.

It certainly appears that you are continuing that in your role as the Director at the Bureau of Land Management.

You have a long history of anti-natural resource utilization in this country, both private and in public.

It is my job to ensure that the voice of the people of central Washington are heard.

The people of Utah had no opportunity to express in person their concerns, and I just want to speak for them today to say they are very frustrated.

I find it really unbelievable that those are the rules and regs under this Administration.

Oh, I see, it was the previous administration's fault that there are 193 tons of garbage that had been dropped on the Federal lands. Is that what you are saying?

Hearing held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

These are little more than thinly veiled attempts to lock up millions of acres of land from multiple uses.

The BLM has drifted so far from its mission that it has become unrecognizable.

These priorities are out of line with the American people and the communities, families, and small businesses that live and operate closest to Federal lands.

It is unsurprising, although still disappointing, that President Biden's budget is once again underwhelming.

What is more important, a little bit of gravel and maybe some roadwork to fix the road up or freedom to actually be able to use them?

To me, that is almost a crime that Congress isn't being able to have some oversight on those regulation when the EPA passes them, and driving our costs up.

We are going to go someplace where we can get that done in much quicker time.

We need some good tort reform in this country, to where when these people bring up these crazy lawsuits, by God, we can get money back from them when they lose these suits

Because people will say, 'OK, sure, it has an economic impact. But this is benefiting the environment by reducing the access, by having these predators on the landscape.'

It has to have had a great economic impact. Is that right?

As a hunter who spent a significant amount of time up here in the North Woods, driving around on a lot of the roads that we just talked about, we saw 10 times more predator tracks than we did any other type of wildlife in forestlands that…

If you just allow public unfettered access you are going to end up with roads that are all rutted up.