That is our point here.

Doesn't the public have a right to comment on the development of their public lands?

Mr. Secretary, will you submit, for the record, a schedule for Tribal consultations?

I do not see how drawing the lines really makes a difference there.

Your budget request walks away from the decades-long Federal commitment to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The decisions made by the Department determine whether our natural and cultural resources are protected and managed responsibly.

Public lands boost our local economies and add jobs, and special places like Las Vegas, New Mexico, benefit greatly.

Mr. Secretary, you raised King Cove. Maybe Senator Murkowski is more up-to-date than I am on that, but could you provide the committee an update on the Izembek road?

I strongly urge you to not move ahead unless the plan amendment has been signed and there has been robust Tribal consultation and input from stakeholders.

I would also point out that we have an example of where the bureaus were able to do that already, the regional sage-grouse plans at your Department, and your Department is now in the process of scrapping those.

Senator Udall noted a concern about not engaging as much with Tribes.

Yes, and we really appreciate what you did in New Mexico.

You have said you want to uphold our Nation's trust and treaty responsibilities and support Tribal self-determination, but Tribal programs are decimated by this budget.

the reason we have the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the reason the commission that Senator Alexander talked about was put in place, and the high numbers that Senator Tester talked about, are to have additional parks at the local…

I want to clear all of this up.

The monuments review that the Department conducted, and the decisions to eviscerate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, are a travesty.

I do not support the administration's efforts to move full-steam ahead on the plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

I remain concerned that there is still a directive in place for BLM to offer quarterly lease sales that have the potential to impact Chaco.