"You have said you want to uphold our Nation's trust and treaty responsibilities and support Tribal self-determination, but Tribal programs are decimated by this budget."
"I strongly urge you to not move ahead unless the plan amendment has been signed and there has been robust Tribal consultation and input from stakeholders."
"Your budget request walks away from the decades-long Federal commitment to the Land and Water Conservation Fund."
"I would also point out that we have an example of where the bureaus were able to do that already, the regional sage-grouse plans at your Department, and your Department is now in the process of scrapp..."
"Well, I think the reality is that, State flexibility, it ends up that we end up deteriorating the habitat for the sage-grouse."
"Public lands boost our local economies and add jobs, and special places like Las Vegas, New Mexico, benefit greatly."
"Senator Udall noted a concern about not engaging as much with Tribes."
"Mr. Secretary, you raised King Cove. Maybe Senator Murkowski is more up-to-date than I am on that, but could you provide the committee an update on the Izembek road?"
"I appreciate you want to improve resource stewardship by getting bureaus to focus on regional landscapes and to work across Federal, State, and local lines."
"Well, they weren't doing it on the sage-grouse until everybody got together and tackled that."
"I remain concerned that there is still a directive in place for BLM to offer quarterly lease sales that have the potential to impact Chaco."