A conservative court judge in the D.C. Circuit court writing the opinion said the environmental analysis for the 2007-2012 plan had not been appropriately done.

there has been no direction from the White House to move forward with anything on the Antiquities Act, not one single monument

Let me say all of you are correct. It is a huge issue that we have a very unique opportunity in history to resolve, and it has been a problem that has built up over 100 years.

There are a number of different stressors affecting that ecosystem, and they include invasive species and water quality.

to Senator Cochran, who in front of this Senate introduced Sam Hamilton to be the Director of FWS;

No. 2, let me assure you that there is no direction from the White House on any of this for the Department of the Interior--zero, nada, nothing, OK? It just isn't there.

I think that the work that this committee did last year in pushing forward for what became, what I considered to be the American Great Outdoors Act of 2009 was known here in some quarters as the Omnibus Land Bill, was a wonderful effort on…

there would be nothing more important to me, personally, than frankly, getting Ellis Island totally restored and open it to tell America's story on immigration

Let me also assure you of the following. That is that, the template that you used with the Washington County Wilderness legislation ... I think you were a pioneer in doing what you were able to do in Washington County.

There is no hidden agenda on the part of my Department.

So, we will listen to the people of this country, State by State, as we develop the initiatives.

I do believe that the Land and Water Conservation Fund essentially has been robbed.

it is, in my mind, completely unacceptable to have a developer of an oil and gas wind farm having to wait 7 to 9 years to get to final permitting.

Senator Alexander, thank you for your leadership, for welcoming me to the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains.

to Senator Leahy, who took me into Jordan and lots of other places, and under his wing;

Your legislation is exactly what our approach is, that there are right places for there to be development, and there are places where we ought not to have development.

There have been no directions from the White House that we move forward with the monument designation.

Thank you very, very much, Senator Feinstein, not only for your leadership of this subcommittee, but for your leadership on so many issues.