It is like before we even get to well, this one was signed by the President and this one was signed by the Secretary, you know, it is like how do we react to those things because I got to pass a new law.

But when we talk about things like maps that were brought up earlier, and it is like, okay, we got a new map that has a PJ and an urban overlay to it, and the RMP amendment process is not nimble.

If it is information that potentially is being withheld, we need to know that.

If those reports are being used to create a conclusion in order--which we are talking about, then those reports should be made public and made part of the information to provide it to the States.

I would appreciate it you could check and see what your folks did, if anything, in support of the designation of the Basin Range National Monument before the actual designation.

the attendance at that meeting was highly selective, and did not include some of the folks you would assume, counties affected, county commissioners.

So it is fair to me, if I want to talk about how that got created and where the boundaries are, I need to talk to Dan Ashe about it.

Can you talk to somebody in the Senate about getting off their ass and moving that?

The President has used authority under the Antiquities Act 22 times since 2009 to bypass Congress and designate 40 million acres as national monuments.

A number of groups have been urging the Administration to create this 2.5 million acre national monument in southeastern Oregon.

Members of Congress deserve to be notified when something like that is happening where we could at least be prepared for the onslaught that comes.

Your intent is to comply to the reporting language in the bill.

I know we have a historic drought. I know the problems that you are operating under.

If you had simply chosen to pump as much water as is allowed under the biological opinion, you would have provided enough water for 2 million people for an entire year.

Okay. We all know that failing to plan is the same as planning to fail.

Just as much of a crisis what is going in coal country right now is happening in my State of California.

These rains should have provided needed relief to drought-stricken communities in California, yet you are pumping less water than you did last year in a historic drought.

Will you commit to providing the committee with a quarterly status report from this point forward to see where we are at and where we are going?