Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman.
Repetitive lawsuits after lawsuits have been resolved. The reason we can't do things as quickly as others... is because it takes so long to ...
Public safety in Native American communities is a complex and serious issue.
We need to ensure that Native Americans have the same access to justice as everyone else.
I want to thank Senator Barrasso for supporting my nomination to this Commission and for supporting our hearing today.
I am just wondering how you think preventive services are going to assist in reducing the number of Indian youth in the justice system.
One of the highlights the Commission points to in the report is a lack of Federal judges and Federal courthouses.
Could you talk a little bit about recommendations you might have to kind of further accelerate project delivery?
We need a program that cuts down on burdensome paperwork and puts people back to work.
We think it makes sense. And in the long run, it adds a little bit more to the institutional legitimacy.
We also need to be careful not to create public distrust by reducing some of the regulatory agency's roles.
Senator Barrasso, I too want to thank you for your work to be able to get that for us.
That's why I introduced this bill, the National Forest Jobs and Management Act. The primary purpose of the bill is to solve the forest healt...
The committee recognizes timber harvest is a good thing. We need to get the cut-up to help our forests and communities get healthy again.
this committee has studied these issues, now time to act before it's too late to save our treasured national forests and the local communiti...
I appreciate your emphasis on these critical issues and hope you're going to continue to be engaged as a senior member of this committee.
It's essential that we honor public involvement in the management of our National Forests.
We share Senator Barrasso's commitment to improving the management of the NFS.
