Kristi Noem

It took until 2019 before there was a final report about what caused that closure.

The life expectancy of a Native American in South Dakota is almost 20 years lower than for a white person in South Dakota.

The healthcare that is being provided is not meeting our needs, the needs of tribal members.

That is why it is important to stop this, because, specifically on this rule, there is no scientific data, there is no analysis.

The diversity of that perspective helps us make better decisions. When we hear those different opinions, we make better policy decisions.

As a governor you need to get things done, and accomplished, and do what is best for people. And we work on a bipartisan basis every single day.

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.

When you guys have a tough economic recession on the East Coast or on the West Coast, often it is the middle of the country that stabilizes this country.

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

It takes their ability to be producers away from them.

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.

There will be business owners, small businesses in my state that will be bankrupt if this proposed rule goes into place.

And I want to remind all of you of your responsibility here at this Committee. It is to protect the United States of America.

It lacks any scientific data or analysis that what we are doing today is not providing conservation.

To go forward with a proposed rule like this and say that what we are doing today isn't working, and ignoring what is happening on the ground, I think, is extremely arrogant, perhaps naive.

When we choose not to manage, we make a management decision.

One of the things that this Administration could do to get off their butt and actually do something about conservation is make sure that we get Rejuvra approved.

It is very true. In fact, you have a lot of producers out there that may have private land that is completely surrounded by BLM land.

It is an important discussion that everyone has with their bank, or whoever is financing them on what their operating note needs to be.

It takes decisions we make regarding our wildlife and how we operate away from us, and gives it to the Federal Government. It is about control.

In a heartbeat. We would beat them every day of the week.

They openly say that there will be public input, yet do not conduct and follow through on that.

What is interesting to me is that, if you read the rule and the analysis the BLM has put out on the rule, it is that they have done no economic evaluation.

If they weren't focused on sustainability, if they weren't focused on conservation, they wouldn't be in business now.