"Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today, and it is indeed a deep honor to be on this side of the podium."
"So, the budget. This is what a balanced budget looks like."
"This budget reflects the President's commitment to fiscal responsibility--proposing sensible and rational reductions."
"The Department's 2018 budget reflects the Administration's commitment to strengthen America's economic and energy security."
"I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss the 2018 President's Budget for the Department of the Interior."
"I put a bill in prior to that to make sure that we truncate that approval process to make sure it takes place more quickly."
"We are looking at how to do it, and unintended consequences, to make sure we hold accountable the industry."
"On water in the West, we committed to about $23.4 million on grants for reuse projects. Clearly, in California, water storage is an issue."
"America's lands hold tremendous job-creating assets."
"But my job, the way I see it, is to have, and we have a wonderful USGS, we have a lot of capability there."
"I wish that the country was not as polarized as it is."