I know some of the letters you requested had a lot of data to gather and information, and so that may be to delay on a couple of them, but we will get those gathered and get them to you. As you know, When I came into this role, we had a backlog of letters from senators and congressmen up to four years where the previous administration did not respond to any of you. That was a universal complaint I had from Republicans and Democrats. Well, we want to see that change. So if we could get this back, these letters back as quickly as possible, I'd appreciate that. (1:25:37–1:25:48)
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Asserts that there was a four-year backlog of unanswered letters from senators and congressmen when Kristi Noem assumed her role.
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