"Was it interest by bidders, or was it interest by opposition demonstrations?"
"And what is taking so long?"
"We are also trying to talk vocally about the actual cost of the program."
"With regard to the pilot office program, we were expecting a report on how that is going with regard to streamlining permitting approvals."
"I just find it interesting that a traditional practice conducted in a traditional place would be changed because of a press release a couple of days in advance that protesters intend to come."
"Now I want to shift to oil and gas."
"Okay, well, we will do that and we'll ask the staff of this subcommittee to follow up with you in hopes that we can better understand as we prepare our request to the interior environment approps comm..."
"Very good. Thank you."
"A little bit off the oil and gas topic. Both your State and mine have overpopulations of wild horses."
"That sounds to me like an over-accommodation of a traditional, normal process in order to accommodate a protesting group. That sounds abnormal to me."
"Was the information made available to you earlier that there may be protests?"