Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise in support of this amendment. The provisions of this bill, such as Representative Graves' BUILDER Act, would streamline the inefficient and costly NEPA process. It is costly in more than just dollars. It is costly to our environment. It is costly in human lives. As the gentleman explained, we can do better managing our forests. When we keep these forests healthy, we are protecting human life. We are protecting property. We are also protecting the very, very thing that does more to support and help the environment than anything else, and it is our forest. It is a tragedy that we send up so much of our forest in smoke. This NEPA process, although it is streamlining, will help to produce more domestic energy. It will also help to build infrastructure. It will help to take care of our national forest and Federal lands. Madam Chair, this is a good amendment. I support it, and I encourage others to support it. Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Chair, I conclude by asking that we not have more scenes that look like this--similar to this--that happened in Redding, and that we be allowed to do the work effectively along our roadways, which are risk zones with traffic, et cetera. Madam Chair, I ask for an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.”