John Hoeven actually said...

"I have urged OPM to address these salary issues for Federal employees in western North Dakota."

"Can we look at getting you out to have that discussion with our grazers and the NDSU Range Scientists and your folks before you issue the final EA?"

"What measures are you taking to make sure that you're taking proper precautions to coordinate with people on the ground who live, work, ranch, graze, farm, in the area before you're doing any controll..."

"That's never going to happen. All they're going to do is mine around you, and then the Federal Government is just out the revenue."