[The bill] changes the Endangered Species Act in a radical, radical way, ... It's an entitlement program for landowners who want to gut the Endangered Species Act. |
[Udall said he considers revisions of environmental laws a public- health issue.] This law is about the health of ecosystems, ... Healthy ecosystems mean a healthy human population. |
A rebuilding process should be well thought out, ... You don't go rushing a project and say we're going to wipe all laws off the books and run pell mell down a road where you don't know where it's going. |
As a member of the U.S. House Law Enforcement Task Force, I join with local citizens across New Mexico toward the goal of reducing crime, |
I have supported and voted for a variety of trade agreements in the past because increased trade, when achieved through a true level playing field, helps grow the economy and create jobs, |
It's a sweeping change in current law, ... They probably think it will go under the radar screen because of these disasters. |
It's an entitlement program for landowners that want to gut the Endangered Species Act, |
on a rocket docket. |
Part of the reason we haven't done anything is that it's a political bombshell, ... My constituency and all New Mexicans are very torn on this one. |
The issue is to what extent this was a negligent decision and if it was, I don't think we want to be forcing people into court to litigate those kinds of things. I think if it was, we should step up and try to remedy the losses. |
They obviously made the wrong decision based on the weather, ... This just isn't the time to have any fire burning when you have such extreme winds and no humidity. |
This is not a time to be cutting services to the most needy among us. Are Republicans really going to cut Medicaid when we have hundreds of thousands of people displaced? |
under the radar screen. |