"Our ecosystems are suffocating."
"Our ecosystems are suffocating. Where we once had 10 to 25 trees per acre, we now have hundreds."
"Our forests have been mismanaged for a long time, and it is way past due to change our strategy."
"It is clear that the process of planning, studying, consulting, litigating, appealing, and collaborating are failing us in our forests."
"First, my thoughts and prayers continue to go out to our constituents who have suffered from catastrophic wildfires."
"I thank Mr. Tipton and Mr. Gosar for their hard work, as well as Ranking Member Markey for his recognition of the need for a more active approach to our forest resources."
"It is time for a paradigm shift in restoring our landscape so that national forests can once again meet the purposes for which they were established."
"the longer it stands, the bigger the problem?"
"Trust is a series of promises kept, and I don't see the Federal Government keeping their promises one iota."
"In an effort to provide efficiencies to the regulatory process for reducing fuel loads on federal lands, Congressman Gosar introduced the Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012."
"We need to thin the trees. We do not need more 'experiments' or more 'pilots' to tell us what the problem is."