I unfortunately for you all will be opposing this amendment for several reasons.

this bill, I think, really is the anchor to those bipartisan discussions.

Thank you for calling this hearing and thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us.

There continue to be vast differences between the White House and Senate Republicans when it comes to the definition of infrastructure, the magnitude of proposed spending, and how to pay for it.

The Committee has a history of passing bipartisan legislation aimed at conserving wildlife and wildlife habitat.

Included in the ACE Act was the Chesapeake Watershed Investment for Landscape Defense, Chesapeake WILD, Act, which created a new $15 million grant program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support habitat restoration in the Bay…

When you start pushing down mandates from Washington and other places that don't fit with the local conservation plan or envisionment for your own property, that is where it really starts to rub people the wrong way.

I think that is a good point. I think, in some ways, where we have kind of gotten hung up a little bit on this is, a lot of times, I think our local landowners and our folks who have been in the communities for years really are the best…

It is essential that we preserve our public lands and our ecosystems while ensuring access to outdoor recreation.

Thank you. Mr. Treharne, I wanted to ask you about, I mentioned in my opening statement, President Biden's America the Beautiful Initiative, or 30 by 30, which sets a goal of conserving 30 percent of U.S. lands and water by the year 2030.

I think our State in many sections of our State, and Senator Manchin I think would agree here, have come forth with some tremendous ideas to be solutions to the problem that are community based.