I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his comments. This past summer, nearly 7.7 million acres have burned across America. Wildfires consumed thousands of acres in Glacier National Park. The Howe Ridge Fire in Glacier National Park…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for his principled approach to getting reform so we can start managing our forests again. At this time, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), for his comments on…

I thank the gentleman from Utah for his comments, and especially for his leadership on this important issue, bringing the knowledge of local government here to this House to help us deal with this devastating situation out west. At this…

I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, especially that he is a member of the Western Caucus joining us there, and pointing out the national implications of the massive wildfires we have out west on resources back east; on the…

The gentleman mentioned many of the things that--the livelihoods, the lives. You know, the other thing that we often neglect is the amount of smoke that is discharged into the air and the effect on people with asthma and other lung issues…

I have come down to the floor today to discuss a very important issue to Montanans and to many of my colleagues in the Senate, and that is the Land and Water Conservation Fund, also known as LWCF. I am joined by friends and colleagues--in…

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Land and Water Conservation Fund

Thank you, Senator Burr. I will tell you why that permanent reauthorization is important in places like Montana, Colorado, and North Carolina. It is because it takes time to put together some of these consolidations of checkerboard lands…

Senator Gardner, thank you. I thank Senator Burr as well. I think this is something that, for us, is more than a policy discussion. You can see the passion from each Member here. It is a way of life. I come from a State--Montana--where a…

I thank Senator Burr. I think it also demonstrates the diversity, geographically, that we have a Senator from North Carolina, a Senator from Montana, and a Senator from Colorado. It doesn't matter if you are a Western State or a State on…

if there is good communication between you and the Members of this Committee, particularly the chairman and myself, I think we can smooth a lot of those rough waters.

We do need to pass a Blue Water Navy Veterans Act.

So I'm a regular guy. I'm a farmer. OK? I'm not a technology person. This thing sometimes mystifies me.

So I assume that Catherine Cortez Masto doesn't get that advertisement when she gets on the Weather Channel.

I guess the question is are you doing everything you can do now to make sure that the private information is protected, and if you're not, why aren't you?

I guess what I'm getting to is that if you're not selling information, private information, but yet you're selling information that you don't deem as private but I do...

For example, you're going to have to teach me how I can say no information is transferred from me because I've never seen it...

Do you have somebody in mind, and when do you anticipate we will see them in front of this Committee?