"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and if we will manage these forests and spend some money to do that properly, then we will save a lot of money on the back end."
"I have said this a lot, but there are no negatives to a healthy forest system, and healthy forests, they provide clean air, clean water."
"Our national forests sadly are not healthy, and the effect we see are the increasing wildfires."
"scientific intellectual integrity is an important thing to everyone across these party lines, and it is something that we simply just cannot tolerate."
"So, you were using good forest management to keep your forest healthy. But for your neighbor, a Federal forest that may not be managed as well, the insects, the disease, the fires, it does not recogni..."
"When we look at poverty, the number-one anti-poverty program has always been a job, and it is the local entities, it is the tribes, it is the businesses that create jobs."
"There is not a downside to having healthy forests, and that includes on the environmental side."
"What seems like a good idea from a building in Washington, DC, has real impact out on the ground across the country."
"Where I am from, we say actions speak louder than words. The words I hear from this Administration is it is all about protecting the environment."
"I firmly believe that government is most effective when it is closest to the people, and those decisions that are made locally have a big impact on local communities."
"So, I hope that we can move forward here and put the decisionmaking where it belongs, and that is in the hands of the tribes and the local community."