I think Federal legislation needs to encourage more of that, give localities the tools to evaluate different choices.
Thank you very much. I think that one area where the Portland metropolitan area has been pushing in kind of opposition, ...
I believe that the legislation which Senator Bingaman has introduced addresses that issue in part with the kinds of fina...
It certainly has been a long time since we have had an agency that was dedicated to consumers in the financial world.
In my view, after decades of taxpayer rip-offs and environmental destruction, it is long past time to reform the 1872 Mi...
So you believe that as part of royalty reform there should be more openness and more transparency so that the public can...
the Secretary's letter to Senator Wyden on July 13, 2009, highlights the need for the Administration to conduct formal G...
I still have an obligation as a United States Senator to get some kind of sense of what's going to be done to go in ther...
If you were standing up in front of a town hall meeting in rural Oregon and you said that.
I would just ask that you not miss this kind of opportunity for a bold change in Federal forestry policy.
I plan to offer this legislation pretty soon. Can I have a pledge from you today to get back to us quickly and to work i...
They need an answer, quickly. That's why we asked for a fast response from the administration.
I believe you said, yes which I liked.
I just hope that this will be approached with a real sense of urgency because it has not been in the past.
I thank my colleague. Let me join Senator Murkowski in thanking the three of you.
It's an opportunity to create good paying jobs that take this wood waste and get it to the mills.
You have my pledge to work with you if I'm confirmed on all issues, but this is certainly an issue of importance.
I'm very much concerned that we now have the future decisions based on sound science.