Cynthia Lummis

I live right next door in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to the HollyFrontier Refinery, which just because of the small refiners exemption and the inability to get that exemption, we lost 200 jobs because that oil refinery is being converted into a…

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and, Chairman Powell, thanks so much for appearing before the Committee today.

I thank Mr. Rouzer for allowing me to do something I should have done, but Mr. Walz did it for me. That is to thank my staff, especially Jimmy Ward, for all of his hard work on this bill. He made sure that we continued to be moving this…

The system that we implemented in the 1970s has been such a detriment to the resource.

We are hurting our natural resources, our trees, our grass, and our water.

We have to totally rethink the way that we are managing public lands.

We could be implementing policies that will further deteriorate the quality of public lands for generations to come.

I am begging you to visit your constituents in Boulder who are at the Savory Institute.

Did you cancel the research because you got sued?

To suggest that there is not a better way than having the Federal Government in Washington, DC manage land is a little shocking.

I am proud of the work that they have done.

This process that Mr. Bishop and Mr. Chaffetz have initiated has actually spawned a similar process in Wyoming.

And now I want to ask each of you to spend 5 minutes with concluding about questions that you wish you would have been asked but weren't, statements that you want on the record for policymakers...

One of the things we do is through our own Department of Labor rules, we have a one-size-fits-all regulation that prevents it from being economically viable to hire herders to be out with livestock on the open range or in forests.

Do you think there are ways that we could apply some of these new scientific discoveries on old grazing practices that could be useful in managing Federal lands in the future?

What is inspiring and, I believe, hopeful about your testimony is, Mr. Shelton, what you noted near the end of your testimony, is this is something that conservatives and liberals can find some agreement on and move forward in a way that…

Well, that is just a segment of the Ted talk. I recommend that you see it in its entirety; it is very impressive.

I hope this is the first of many opportunities for Congress to begin to use the information that you have provided today to produce on-the-ground results that will allow us to hand our children and our children's children a better…

This is the beginning of a dialogue. We are now 15, 16 years into this 21st century and have a long way to go to absorb and understand the scientific growth that you understand and how to use it for the betterment of the land and water…

Well, I cannot express enough my gratitude that you both traveled all this way and prepared testimony and have presented your thoughts to this committee and for the record.

On behalf of the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce), I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title)…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

As the designee of the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz), I offer amendment No. 15. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 73, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert…

How do two different agencies who are overseeing endangered species act in contradiction to each other?

I got to go to Fresno to a hearing on the Delta smelt, and I got to see the dried up almond trees, the dead pistachio trees.