mr. chairman , i think we are here in some sense , past all the clutter of people articulating their most emotional feelings , is a bill set aside some 30 years ago to have an understanding about how we as members of congress , the government , can restore the prodigious bounty of god 's creation . 
how do we understand nature 's design ? 
how do we use our intelligence to understand the facts behind how nature sustains itself ? 
well , in the real world , well , actually , in the real world which is nature , but in the reality of the human condition , we have a lot of other little things that we have to take into consideration . 
how do you afford an endangered species act ? 
what do you do about private property rights ? 
do you get enough science ? 
is the recovery plan appropriate ? 
do you deal with farmers that have a problem with reintroduced species on the property eating their sheep or their cows ? 
all these things have to be taken into consideration so that we create a policy that protects private property rights , that brings individuals on those farms and that landscape into the process and helps pay for their contribution to the process , that brings federal agencies in so they can view the landscape , not from just one small little fly or tiger beetle or some other particular species , but upon which the landscape that supports that species , supports clean water , supports clean air , supports the whole ecosystem including human beings , including us as a species . 
we are not separate from clean water . 
we are not separate from clean air . 
we are part of nature 's design . 
we are part of this bounty of god 's creation . 
so how do we clarify all these different perspectives and views based on different things that happen in our districts ? 
well , we come up with the best available science . 
we come up with the best available recovery plan . 
we come up with the best policy for not only the species but for private property , and we come up with the funds that are appropriate to deal with all these issues . 
i would tell my colleagues that i feel strongly this is the best policy change , the best reauthorization plan that we can use to deal with the endangered species act that will deal with nature 's design and man 's impact on nature 's design , which includes private property rights , which includes reimbursements for helping to preserve endangered species , and by the way , in this substitute is a provision to pay those private property individuals . 
i urge an `` aye '' vote on the substitute . 
