Haley Stevens: “Hodel approved a series of papers that were presented by those agencies, and said--his statement is a one-page…”

“Hodel approved a series of papers that were presented by those agencies, and said--his statement is a one-page statement, which the Senator has been reading. So the words that the Senator was reading were not Hodel's words. The Secretary's approval is on a memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Assistant Secretary for Minerals and Management, the BLM, and it is an approval of the policy statement concerning R.S. 2477. Hodel did not develop that policy. The Department developed it. All the agencies developed it in consultation with the States involved, and with the State offices of the various portions of this Department. So the Senator is overlooking that.”