The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has a guy named Ron Wyden on it. Democrat from Oregon. You would like to think that he might have asked Mr. Zinke a question or two, wouldn't you? You would never know that from this R-G editorial . 

Didn't Senator Wyden participate?  

As far as Perdue is concerned, in the olden days Senators would ask other Senators to ask rude questions if they didn't have a member on a particular committee. 

 "none of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s members are from west of the Rockies.'

According to Wiki, the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry has several Senators from both parties from North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado and Montana. The US Forest Service isn't of interest to any of them?