02/28/2012
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"the roadless rule is, as you know, just an extraordinary barrier to us in so many different ways, and exactly the reason why we need to roll that back within Alaska."
"Making sure the Forest Service is continuing to modernize and to really make progress with the demand that is out there remains a priority of mine."
"When I look at the budgets not only within Interior, but the other subcommittees, I am always looking to see where have we, as an Arctic nation, placed the priority, the funding priority, in our budge..."
"I hope you will continue to work with me and others from Tennessee and North Carolina to see that the Smokies receives at least the same appropriation as the western parks."