Somehow we have to get over the hill here. We have to get into the world where our institutions are really taking seriously the modification...
We want to make sure that whatever new rules get written coming out of Congress don't throw those people under the bus.
The renewable energy component allows these lower value woods to find the market.
Stewardship is a natural part of that ethic. We don't live long enough to see the fruit of our labors.
I think the bottom line for me is that family forest landowners really care deeply about their land.
Thank you, Chairman Baca, Ranking Member Fortenberry, and Members of the Committee.
Forests have a huge impact in purifying the water.
One of the ideas that have pursued in Oregon is we have dedicated 1 percent of our State Highway Funds to bicycle and pedestrian infrastruct...
I think, again, that is one of the issues that we need to really sit down, discuss in earnest and look at all the options.
We have the Nation's first solar highway, which is utilizing a stretch of right-of-way to produce energy and feed it directly into the grid.
I thought that should have been our initiative.
Most of this Committee was kept in the dark for years and years on the interrogation issue.
I think that this is at least arguable recognition that there may be extraordinary circumstances in which a more limited notification is app...
I think others do.
Anytime that type of robust praise gets expressed, I want to feed it back.
I think that would be quite useful.
I am listening to this conversation as the son of a mechanic and machinist who--I had the privilege of growing up building things in the gar...
So I would have assumed that during this downturn, the number of backlogged orders would have dropped dramatically. Am I correct about that?
