I gladly yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum). Ms. McCOLLUM. As you know, Mr. Chairman, I feel as strongly as you do about the health and protection of our public lands. In your view, as chairman of the committee that oversees the Interior Department, is the administration protecting the quality of our public lands during this shutdown?
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