Kristi Noem actually said...

"I would say for most ranchers, it is not a business model, it is their family legacy."

"One thing that really frustrates me about the current Administration is that they will be deceptive when they say a rule is proposed for one reason, when their real objective is another reason."

"I am just a big believer that we have lost our nation's work ethic, and we need to remember why we have one."

"What they are doing in this rule is putting conservation efforts, based on no definition of what those conservation efforts are or what they should be, and placing them above every other use."