Hopefully, some day we are going to have agencies that won't require you to make these long trips back here to talk about these kinds of rule changes.

If something is really that significant, the law needs to be amended or clarified.

These rules defy Congress' clear intent to place restrictions on the Federal Government's designation of critical habitat.

Changing provisions in the law by the executive branch, as these rules do, will undoubtedly promote more lawsuits.

Currently, the ESA consultation process is lengthy, expensive and uncertain for projects that must navigate through it.

You have a fiduciary responsibility, and our checks and balances, our constitutional form of government only works if we have good, honest, decent people who actually comply with the law.

Until the agency provides that information, we have reason to believe that there is a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse.

There is no justification for that.

The unprofessional nature in which their responses have been happening is totally and wholly unacceptable.

You leave us with no other choice. The three of you are here for a reason. You earned it.

When we issue a subpoena from the Congress, it's not optional.

What is it that they're--that we're not supposed to see?

This is the game that we play, and it's what makes people sick and disgusted with their government.

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