I really hate to say this, but you know very well we'll either be flooded out in June or there will be fires in June.
I'm a little frustrated with this whole thing because, quite frankly, I've seen what's happened in Montana's forests for a long time now.
Are you looking at a $21 million expenditure to make the adaptation and have them up in the air?
I have serious questions as to whether the USFS is getting the best value for the dollar.
The fact is we lost 1.3 million acres to fire last year, another million acres to beetle kill.
If we can get her out, maybe we can show her collaboration in Montana that does work.
My problem is not with the contracted aircraft per se. And I'm not for privatizing Government.
Targeting groups based on their political views is not only inappropriate, it is intolerable.
This is unacceptable.
Employees in the Tax Exempt Unit of the IRS Office in Cincinnati abused this trust.
They do a hell of a job with that money, quite frankly. That is not brag, that is fact.
Unless we wake up around here, we aren't going to have the resources to manage because they are all going to be burnt up.
If there is a way you can develop a plan, I think we can get people to support it to get it done.
I would just say a lot of these water projects, at least the two in Montana, are offsprings of the Water Compact Agreements.
You get one finger pointing that way, you have three fingers pointing back at Congress and that is no truer than in this situation.
I encourage you to support non-University and non-hospital affiliated research institutions throughout the country.
The Air Force has long considered the airspace near Great Falls--the Hayes Military Operations Area--an important national asset.
I do not think the Government is all that great an investor, and I think it is important to make sure that Government is properly compensate...
