"the 477 Program should be a model to follow across all agencies to ensure programs work efficiently for tribes"
"This continues the Subcommittee's focus on tribal autonomy and the ways Congress can support tribal self-determination."
"Just very quickly, do you believe that these are changes that could be done administratively or do you believe that the law itself needs to be changed?"
"That RMP would lock away about 2.5 million acres, or 2.1, 2.2 million acres, depending on which chart in the RMP you read."
"We strongly oppose this legislation and urge the Committee to vote 'no' on this harmful legislation if and when it comes up for a vote."
"if you block grazing, if you block oil and gas development, if you block mining, there is no other way to generate revenue off of literally tens of millions of acres of land."
"I am proud to testify on my bill to prohibit the finalization of the draft Resource Management Plan, or RMP revision, and its associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement from the Bureau of Land Ma..."
"We are also concerned about the use of the Antiquities Act, which to date has not resulted in large areas that are productive for oil and natural gas being locked off."
"the entire process for FLPMA and the way that we manage our Federal lands, the stakeholders that are in the communities themselves, this entire process is to ensure that the people who are actually af..."
"I don't think that there is a better example of that than what has been happening in Wyoming recently with the Rock Springs District Office Resource Management Plan."
"Most disheartening about this RMP is the fact that it ignored stakeholder input over the past 12 years."