I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished Senator from Georgia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia.

You and your Department have brought transparency, more transparency over the past few months than I think has happened in the entire 111-year history of the Antiquities Act.

I am also pleased with the Administration's commitment to improve management of existing Federal lands and resources rather than growing the bureaucracy and siphoning money from productive uses to expand Federal land acquisition.

I think it is going to take the secretarial level to work through this.

Although mismanagement of our Federal lands and Washington's neglect of local, state and tribal communities began long before the Obama administration, the layers of arbitrary rules and regulations promulgated over the past 8 years have…

Mismanagement, as I view it, of Federal lands did not start recently. It has gone on for several decades, long before the Obama administration was there.

Even when the Democrats owned the House, Nancy Pelosi, they had a filibuster-proof Senate, and Mr. Obama was in the White House, they still could not get this passed through law because it was so contentious.

We would request that no more money be spent on the wolf introduction and the wolf recovery program until they give us some plan and some program.

Congress and the executive branch working in concert is the only way for us to overcome years of mismanagement at the Interior Department.

I appreciate your objectivity on finding efficiencies in the BLM.

Your Department has brought more transparency and accountability to National Monument designations in the past few months than the rest of the Antiquities Act's 111-year history.

The President's 2018 budget reflects a commitment from the Trump administration to increase access to Federal lands, reduce burdensome regulation, and improve conservation without unduly impacting economic development.

Chapter 19 is harmful to American workers, unnecessary, and constitutionally suspect.

I was very critical of the last administration for using American negotiating leverage to push a social agenda.

I personally take this as a good sign that you understand the importance of not only meeting with the Senate, but also listening to the advice that you receive and incorporating it into your negotiating postures and positions.

the only way to build the necessary support in Congress to execute the President's ambitious trade agenda.

I share your concerns regarding chapter 19 of NAFTA and the detrimental impact it has had on the administration and application of our AD/CVD laws.

I appreciate your repeated concern about Canada's and Mexico's low de minimis levels and have heard from several stakeholders on this important issue.