"Remove the Federal protections because the management plan for the State lands is based on those Federal protections being in place on those Federal lands."
"I am stating that because of the management protections on the Federal land, and the restrictions on the Federal land, it has given extra freedom for the State lands to be managed with different prior..."
"We need to keep working and help manage our forests for all the reasons we have talked about: environmental, health and safety, watershed protection, keep jobs--what few jobs we do have, hang on to th..."
"I think that is important to keep reminding ourselves, and not overstate the issue."
"There are two kinds of fires. There is coffee-and-bagel fire and beer-and-peanut fires."
"We will protect our environment better than the current regulations do."
"Absolutely. That is the end result of where this bill needs to bring us, because the bill before us is a pilot project to just prove that we can----"
"Science and fact-based decision-making hasn't always been the rule, in terms of legislation."
"And those are the trends that should be getting our attention at this point."
"Unfortunately, it had become the means of a radical environmental groups to target private citizens by challenging in court their rights to natural resource uses such as livestock grazing."
"This land exchange has strong bipartisan support across the State of Arizona."
"I urge my colleagues to support the legislation because I know it will lead to a better future for my constituents and this country."