We have a new reality in this country where farmers and ranchers and landowners and states don't have to go out and hire attorneys and consultants, pay them money to tell them whether or not there's a water United States on their property. We've gone through the public comment period. We take those public comments very seriously. There are a lot of discussions that go on internally, not just within the agency, but also the interagency process on making sure that every single word of every sentence of this definition is thought through. (05:01–05:06)
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