Bruce Westerman actually said...

"Unfortunately, they chose not to attend today. Instead, the Interior Department chose to submit testimony in writing and in opposition to both bills without being here to answer questions."

"The only way I have found to get their attention is through the strings of the purse."

"Your forests are overgrown and choked with understory brush, leaving them tinder dry as they wait to burn."

"It is frustrating that this problem can't get solved because it could stretch into the neighboring states as well."