"It is unfortunate that we even need to consider my legislation here today, but we have learned not to trust the courts to follow the Endangered Species Act."
"Mr. Servheen, you were questioned about one of the factors under the Endangered Species Act, and that factor being whether a recovery plan has an adequate regulatory mechanism for a particular species..."
"And in Idaho, in Montana, they have over 1,000 Canadian gray wolves in each of those states."
"This bill will act as a legislative backstop to prevent going through this unnecessary litigation again."
"The Wyoming delegation sent you a letter on March 15, 2023, asking as to why we were excluded from the management commission and the 10-year strategy that you have put together."
"The shift in focus of the Bureau of Reclamation from irrigation to environmental, what are the impacts of that?"
"The 1902 Reclamation Act was a visionary piece of legislation that recognized that the future of the United States required the development, management, and use of our natural resources, including our..."
"It is through the creation of these types of projects that we have been able to create--and I will use the word again--the bounty that we have in the interior West."
"Forty-eight percent of the surface estate in Wyoming is owned by the Federal Government, and 65 percent of our mineral estate is owned by the Federal Government."
"We have also learned of the incredible benefits that these projects provide in relation to irrigation and what irrigation has done in terms of creating the bounty that we have in the interior Western ..."
"So, when I come to a meeting like this or a hearing like this and we talk about water, I think one of the things that is incredibly important is that you have to understand that for the interior West ..."