Norman D. Dicks

We changed the law so that we took the same kind of forgiveness procedures that we have under the safe drinking water act and applied them to clean water.

I brought the GAO in, and I asked them why have they not succeeded, and they said, bottom line, no accountability.

I think that is what the American people want to see.

This is not on budget. This is off budget. So I do not think you even need the authority.

I think also it is a manifestation of climate change. You have a longer fire season, and you have a lot more of these infestations that are not dealt with because of the weather, and these problems are going to get more and more serious.

I hope you are going to make some judgments and not just do this on the basis of numbers.

I think part of this is the competitiveness between the two parties for control of this place.

People's lives are really on the line right now.

Even as bad as it gets we have to remain civil and there has to be a civil discourse between people.

While suppression funding expands dramatically, the preparedness account which funds all the firefighters and equipments is level funded with no pay costs or inflation adjustment at all.

We choose to invest in programs that address global climate change and greenhouse gas reduction

It is all about trying to do it in a way that is sustainable in terms of a bipartisan coalition in the House