I would like a date, and why then am I singled out?

Those are questions that demand answers, and we have to have them, as a Committee.

If Secretary Bernhardt wants to implement the Zinke reorganization plan, he needs to start by providing Congress with a complete justification and a plan.

I think that whether it is one individual or not, it is a precedent that I think needs to be dealt with.

Absent any clarity from the administration on use of FY 19 and FY 20 funds and any clear, justifiable demonstration of the reasons for the reorganization, benchmarks, a timeline and realistic roadmap, and assurances that the effort would…

I have a letter here from a BIA regional office telling tribal leaders in my own district that the Department is closing an office and consolidating the workload to another office.

It doesn't sound to me like the tribes are getting their wish of being left out of the reorganization at this point.

I work out of humility, sir, humility.

I was thinking if there was an instruction manual on how to fundamentally weaken an agency, this is what I think it would recommend: start by creating a crisis for key agencies...

I would certainly suggest that the Chaco Protection Act and Chaco Canyon itself and what we saw and experienced yesterday rises to that level, in my estimation above that level in terms of applying the same principle of buffer zone to…

We all seek dispositions because of our need to want to serve, our sense of values, and because we want to do the right thing.

It is very essential that I feel meaningful consultation has to be addressed as the standard operating procedure across all Federal agencies.