John Barrasso actually said...

I would expect you and your Department to fully defend the lawsuits, defending your own action here.

This illegal proposal--and it is illegal and it does not follow the law--would make non-use of lands a competing use.

The Secretary is also attacking multiple use of the land. Multiple use is a decades-old, bedrock principle of federal land management.

According to the Bureau of Land Management's official data--your Department--the time it takes to get an oil and gas permit has actually dou...