Can and should we continue to ask you some hard questions about all of this as you reconfigure and make these decisions?

Maybe that was a lesson to the world, as unfortunate as maybe it was, that that's not necessary in the future to show a capability.

I think our staffs have essentially come up with agreement on the boundaries so we can avoid conflicts to the maximum extent.

Your support for Interior's programs is helping us to build a strong foundation to achieve a clean energy future.

California water and it is a crisis and we hope we find our way through.

You look at the water issues. You look at the land issues and you respect private property rights.

The situation in California's Bay-Delta ecosystem is a full-blown crisis that requires all hands on deck.

We have worked diligently to prioritize the development of renewable energy on our public lands and our offshore waters.

That is what we intend to do.

I am not aware that there is any such plan, Senator Tester.

We know what happens is it ends up shorting States like Montana and others who are using that money for reclamation of abandoned mines.

It is a very legitimate question. As we stand up renewable energy, whether it is wind or solar, do you want it to be everywhere? The answer to that is no.

We are fully evaluating these areas for their suitability from an environmental and resource perspective.

If that is the requirement of the law, that is what we shall do.

I would just say that it is important to note the historical context of this, that before I became Secretary of the Interior, there were no rules and really no program for offshore wind.

If I may, Madam Chairman, just a quick response, Senator Bennett. I very much look forward to working with you and others on the ground to get it right.

In the context of all the things I work on, standing up the renewable offshore wind capacity off the Atlantic is close to the very top of the priorities, and we will not leave any stone unturned to make sure that we do it better.

Thank you very, very much, Senator Feinstein, not only for your leadership of this subcommittee.