Tom Udall actually said...

"We're going to look at making sure you don't even get your hands on them at all so that we don't get in this kind of situation."

"There's no question that the sequester, where we run the risk of removing the fuels removal budget to go into suppression, is not the best way to operate our public lands."

"I'm working with Senators from other mineral revenue-generating States to formulate legislation that would address this issue."

"These State royalties are part of the bargain between Western States and the Federal Government, which owns so much land within our States."