Kristi Noem actually said...

We have been bogged down with the NEPA process, and it has tied our hands to how we can address this epidemic.

Noem criticizes the NEPA process for hindering efforts to combat the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

10/25/2011

More Kristi Noem Quotes

Rep. Noem specifically inquired whether a producer found to be out of compliance in 2015 would then be ineligible for crop insurance premium...

So that gave them a little hope that they would be able to stay on their ranches and maybe someday see cattle back in their pastures.

That is a heavy penalty for producers, considering the amount of subsidy on crop insurance policies to not be reinstated until 2017.

I appreciate that. Also, I have heard some instances where extreme heat losses are not covered.