Dan Benishek: “I don't think Congress ought to be doing that. I think those residency slots are--those 1,500 slots, the VA can see…”

Congress wrote the Clean Water Act specifically to allow States to assume Clean Water Act section 404 permitting authority in place of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA.

I just find it very disconcerting to even hear that this stuff is going on.

A species should not be delisted until it is recovered.

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