Bruce Westerman actually said...

"Mr. Obermueller, the BLM's proposed planning rule is lifted almost entirely from the Forest Service's planning rules adopted in 2012."

"So he testified that they'd already been working with NatureServe. When the assessment came along, they just took the work they'd already done and made that part of the assessment."

"So if you were to look into it and found out that they had been working on this before the assessment ever began, you wouldn't have any problem with that?"

"But you've already said you don't feel like there's any further investigation needed."