John Fleming actually said...

It is my hope that the Service will provide us with assurances, if not a guarantee, that wildlife dependent recreation will be permitted wit...

So you are proposing to spend that money without congressional authority.

It seems that despite the fact that the involved federal agencies have a two-decade track record of over 60 uncompleted projects, they have ...

I would use a scalpel--I wouldn't use a meat-ax with that--because you want an agency to be able to move quickly.