John Hoeven actually said...

"You have to help them through the permitting process, and then you are going to have to come up with a way whereby, if the state is doing this, that the Federal agencies work with the state."

"So how do we expedite that permitting process on Federal lands? Senator Barrasso and I have a bill to try to expedite that."

"But can you see how these things have to fit together?"

"Is there a process where we can work with the BLM to get an exemption, so the state, if they are undertaking the action, which, as you acknowledged, we are working very aggressively to do in North Dak..."