Dan Benishek: “I am grateful for Ms. Brownley's hard work and leadership on our subcommittee over the last year.”

I have to, unfortunately, contradict my colleague from Michigan, Mrs. Dingell, in that, in your opening statement, you mentioned that hunting deer in Michigan has not suffered under the wolf.

We need sincere people to actually change the way things happen, and not come here to tell us how hard you are working.

Dan Benishek, at the time a Republican House Representative, approved; and both of our Democratic Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, approved the project.

I want to thank Mrs. Noem for bringing this to my attention. I, frankly, was not aware of the severity of the problem.