Today's oversight hearing of the U.S. Forest Service marks our first opportunity to work together on the many issues and...
In many respects, returning to this subcommittee is like coming home.
I would just close this comment by saying that, you know, we recognize that there is a direct economic, cultural, social...
The reality is, when we look at reorganization, which is what this hearing was kind of about, what the GAO report, those...
I hope you can do what you can to tie the mission of the agencies to the future.
I also want to thank you for your willingness to assist my office with some complex Forest Service issues in my home Sta...
One of the big complaints they have is that consolidation at Albuquerque and the difficulty it has made their job.
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, t...
One of my biggest concerns with the Forest Service is the impact that fire suppression costs are having on other program...
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 em...
And no matter what rules you put in place, somebody is going to violate those. If you are a crook, you are a crook.
As a long time supporter of the arts and sometimes called a struggling artist myself, I look forward to each of you shar...
I am also puzzled by the fact that the capital improvement and maintenance portion of your budget is slated to receive a...
