How can you possibly defend what you are doing here?

It should be about outcomes.

You need to get out of Washington, D.C., and get back on the ground. There are farmers and ranchers across this country that do not want to have this rule in any way, shape or form.

With all due respect, Mr. Bonnie, this is a nightmare. It is probably one of the worst, egregious examples of government overreach I have ever seen in my lifetime.

It is a shame that people have the hubris in this community to think that they can dictate to farmers and ranchers.

I hope you communicate that to our friends in the EPA and our friends in the Corps.

This is a vast expansion. As a matter of fact, it is not legally responsive even to the courts.

That is not what the CWA was all about.

This is ludicrous. I mean, I do not think anybody in a straight face can say that this is anything but a huge grab of jurisdictional power at the end of the day.

The real world is we are the people that should be deciding what happens or not.

I would hope that there would be some flexibility within the Administration to look at some simple changes.