bond holders have received $60 billion over the last 3 years in excess mortgage payments from homeowners trapped in high interest rate loans...
When I sought to refinance my house, the mortgage agent sent me a HARP refinancing...
I think what you will find in these discussions, and my sense is we are going to have lots of them, is that this committee, on both sides of...
I will just have a very brief opening statement.
We will be working very closely with you.
We are going to work very closely with Senator Bennett because we always do, my longtime ally.
Thank you very much, Mr. Anderson.
I recognize the chairman of the full committee, Senator Bingaman, is here.
The subcommittee will come to order, and good afternoon to all.
What we have always wanted in the West was a win-win. We wanted to have strong rural economies, and we wanted to protect our treasures.
I want to thank Senator Tester for his leadership and his friendship, and I look forward to working with him on this.
It is clear to me that a lot of these fires, they are not natural fires. These are infernos that just come about as a result of neglect.
Understand that in the rural West, not only are people frustrated, they can't understand how it is that their Government can come up with bi...
We must do a better job of this, and I think Secretary Vilsack's speech in August of this year on the national forests and the private fores...
We have got to get some results because that is what our constituents are demanding of us.
Thank you very much.
What I think we are going to be measured on... is people are going to say how many acres did you get treated that you really took a step to ...
please do the same with the landscape restoration suggested by the bill...mandate that too.
