Bruce Westerman: “I appreciate the gentleman pointing out some important facts about how this rule came to be from this administration…”

“I appreciate the gentleman pointing out some important facts about how this rule came to be from this administration that is anything but transparent. It is an administration that rejects any kind of oversight. I couldn't even start to tell you how much information they are behind on sending to the committee that we have requested just so we can do oversight, but I can imagine how this meeting probably went down. The radical environmental groups go over to the administration to have a meeting and the administration says, well, there are no facts, no science, nothing that supports what you are wanting to do. However, wink, wink, if you were to sue us and we went to court, then we could settle that and maybe we will give you a half dozen to a dozen refuges that we will ban lead on and that will make their friends happy. I think that is exactly what happened, and that is why we are here today with a bill in Congress to say you can't do that. Enough is enough. Manage these lands for the public, not for your special interest radical environmental groups. I think Congress has to take the lead on this. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”