Why is it illegal to release grand jury testimony?

To my mind, a constitutional crisis is a matter that our constitutional institutions cannot resolve.

Would we not take this to court at some point and say, look, the executive thinks one thing, the legislative thinks another.

On the protective assertion of executive privilege, my understanding is this is simply the executive branch saying, 'Wait a second. You guys have just asked for 1.4 million pages of material.'

Was it possible that the legislative branch's case is very, very weak?

Could you give us a quick assessment of the risk of catastrophic wildfire on Interior lands, and what needs to be done to give you the tools to address that threat?

The Shasta raise, the 18½-foot addition to the Shasta Dam would add about 600,000 acre-feet of water yield to the water available to California.

The committee appears to believe that the executive branch has essentially withdrawn from the process of negotiation, providing affirmative authorization for Congress to do the same by moving quickly to subpoena and then contempt vote.

We have rushed instead in this body--as my colleague from Colorado, Mr. Buck, so eloquently stated, we have rushed to invoke the court's jurisdiction by hurriedly issuing a poorly drafted and overbroad subpoena.

I want to thank you again for your exemplary leadership as Acting Secretary during the shutdown this past winter.

The contrast with the Obama administration was just stunning.