The reality is, when we look at reorganization, which is what this hearing was kind of about, what the GAO report, those things that we attr...
I would just close this comment by saying that, you know, we recognize that there is a direct economic, cultural, social and natural resourc...
In many respects, returning to this subcommittee is like coming home.
Today's oversight hearing of the U.S. Forest Service marks our first opportunity to work together on the many issues and challenges before t...
I think we should thank him for the job he has done over the last several years.
I support what they are doing. It is an old theater that is on the National Historic Registry.
Our job is to do what we think is right, and if we get dis-elected we get dis-elected, that is okay.
What I would like is--and when I say blow it up, is to create, you know, in your mind a theoretical in an ideal world, the utopia that you t...
One of my biggest concerns with the Forest Service is the impact that fire suppression costs are having on other program areas within the ag...
My feeling is that there has got to be a better way.
But when is say blow it up, you missed the key point there. I said theoretically blow it up.
I want to commend you because every Chairman likes to be commended by his Ranking Member.
We have a tendency, and whenever something goes wrong, and you know as well as I do that in a government of this many employees there is goi...
This is kind of depressing to listen to because nobody has really put the finger on who is at fault here.
The solutions really aren't rocket science. They are ones that a pretty rudimentary political scientist should be able to resolve.
Enforcement activities primarily occur in EPA's 10 regions which possess considerable autonomy, causing significant variations in enforcemen...
What are we doing to coordinate the hundreds of millions of dollars we are spending on climate change?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
