Jared Huffman

What we do know about this process is that the Army Corps, itself, has acknowledged serious data gaps. What we do know is that Tribal input has not been seriously incorporated into this process, and we know that the National Marine Fishery…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

My amendment would stop the Army Corps of Engineers from moving forward with their flawed environmental impact statement for the proposed Pebble Mine. Now, the Pebble Mine is a massive project that would be located in the headwaters of the…

I hope you will find some that you can put forward and support, because we have got to work on greenhouse gas reduction.

It would be nice to take this committee on the road to California so that we could educate our colleagues.

The 5-year drought that California just recently came through is actually not consistent with anything we have experienced in modern history.

I would urge you to keep working on it.

I urge you to actually listen to these communities that are trying to rebuild after disasters.

Do you think, Mr. Secretary, by parsing in that way, do you think you are upholding the standard of ethics we talked about at the beginning of my question?

I want to give you the rest of my time, though. Let's find a real example where one of your former clients asked a specific policy request, and you had to say no.

Will you commit to directing Interior staff to cooperate with the GAO on this matter that would appear to redound to the benefit of your former client?

You didn't give them everything they wanted, but you saved them $980 million over 10 years, and they were lavishing you with praise in their characterization of the rule.

I hope we agree that public service is a public trust, especially with an office like yours, which is entrusted with overseeing vast public resources for the American people.

I also note that BLM's budget request for renewable energy for 2020 is essentially flat, while the budget proposal for the BLM coal program is an increase of 60 percent.

Mr. Secretary, there was some unusual accounting that the IG criticized, where the Federal Government picked up the tab for studies that benefited the Westlands Water District, cost Federal taxpayers improperly, and the GAO is now…

Reclaiming my time, that is a specific term--this is my time, Mr. Secretary. It is important that you use that specific term of art.

Mr. Secretary, Westlands was by no means your only client. You also represented the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

Mr. Secretary, I don't have time for a narrative. The question is did your lobbying for Westlands on these specific sections of the WIIN Act count toward your 2-year recusal under the Trump ethics pledge?

Mr. Secretary, I wish I had more time to go into your calendars. We know your public calendars are either missing information about meetings, or they refer generically to internal meetings or briefings where, when we piece the details…

Did I hear you correctly?

I know that Representative Huffman has proposed a bill to address some ideas.

Do you not regard that as a double standard?

Please tell me what the Department is doing to start actually implementing energy action plans for the insular areas and complying with requirements of Public Law 113-235.

I want to just give you this chance to assure people that you actually get it on climate change.

I would love more information on that, but I have two more questions and very little time.