Paul Broun actually said...

I want to ask you to put your hatchet down because the report was actually meant to supplement and not to refute the working papers.

Clarifying the intent of the report in relation to working papers.

01/23/2012

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As the Director of BLM, do you and your agency intend to protect the private property rights of those who hold Federal oil and gas leases th...

So then you have testified incorrectly. You do not uphold those property rights that the Secretary said should be held inviolate?

Do you agree that it is important for the government to stand behind its contracts with private individuals and companies?

Well, the Secretary said that people have a property right, and that the government should uphold those leases.