I hope we can come together and work in good faith, recognizing that we all want these lands to remain public.

If we do the legislative approach and we go forward, we can throw strikes, because home plate doesn't move.

One of the things I would like to also illustrate is we were criticized in written testimony of having no input or being allowed no process with it.

Clearly the administration can give tribes coordination. But we all know what that means. It means tribes can participate in all the meetings. It means tribes can listen to the discussion. It means tribes can even make recommendations. But…

Do you authorize money and manpower?

We were promised data coming from the Interior Department that did not show up.

before I turn to the main portion of my remarks, I wish to speak briefly on the situation in the Middle East. The protests across cities in Iran reflect the failed leadership of a corrupt regime. The Ayatollah's negligence in denying the…

I believe the bill put forward by Congressman Curtis is fair, inclusive, and it is necessary.

As I see it, the teams are the Federal, Utah, local, and tribal governments with interests in exercising careful stewardship over these stunning lands for all the public's benefit.

Eagles or Patriots, and your spread?

Health and Human Services is a massive, sprawling department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities.

I want to reemphasize my support for the Children's Health Insurance Program and my commitment to making sure it gets reauthorized.

Any assertion that this bill throws open public land to harmful development is akin to suggesting the Patriots get five downs to go 10 yards--an outright falsehood.

The benefits of land conservation and multiple-use are well-known and obvious.

We have a unique window of opportunity to end the gridlock.

Thank you very much. I am now going to ask Mr. John Tahsuda to stand, if you would, please.

I reject this either-or proposition. Conservation and multiple-use can coexist.

Key bottom line is there will still be a commission appointed by the tribes, there still will be a council that actually has some real ability to do something.