12/12/2017
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"As we have testified in other hearings, our concern has been whether this is a workable solution to move forward, and I believe that without a consent-based process, it is not a workable solution."
"Your answer to his question was no, that it was not science-based, it was a politically based decision."
"So that is a no, Mr. Lyons? That is a no that it wasn't a science-based decision to shut it down? That is what you just said. You are saying it was a political----"
"Yes, and if the gentlelady would yield, we currently have a law to deal with that and we are just trying to enforce the administration to comply with the law."