"NEPA has such a backlog. I mean, to get anything done, we are way behind and it takes way, way too much time."
"What we are talking about is NEPA is the process that allows people to have a say everywhere."
"Your assessment about the destructive effect, do you think the Escalante Chamber of Commerce or the people of Boulder, Utah would agree that that devastation has occurred?"
"I support the NEPA process because it takes into account all those other factors, and just doesn't knee-jerk a particular need at a particular time."
"Many of us supported the Chairman's legislation and his efforts to move this legislation last Congress."
"I appreciate these answers about what the interpretation is and what it has been for the Park Service and all of its sites."
"Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, I have no other questions other than a disagreement with your analogy example of taking all those barrels of waste, and it would be like 20 times the size of the Hou..."
"There is a crisis in our forests. No one disputes this simple fact."
"Climate change is driving up the frequency and severity of forest fires, and this is a reality that has not been ignored by the Forest Service and other management agencies."
"We have to deal with forest management, but it isn't just forest conditions that are in crisis."
"Congress also bears serious responsibility."
"We failed to have a serious conversation about the future of management and what it should look like."