We need regulatory relief so we can actually go out and produce new wealth off the land.

If we were to mitigate, and one of the smaller fires up by the Schultz Pass Fire in Flagstaff, if we would have mitigated that, the cost would have been a minimum of one-tenth, at least one-tenth less than what we saw in mitigation charges…

this is an arbitrary tax that I oppose.

I think from the standpoint of holding our own, we have to have an equal balance across the board.

the proposed legislation will expedite projects (timber thinning and livestock grazing), encouraging free-enterprise solutions on federal lands

I would like to work with you on some ideas about how we can maybe move forward to address this issue.

I cannot begin to emphasize the enormous economic damage that you have done to these communities.

I am out of patience.

So the Department is going to need this to implement the later stage of that project. Is that not true?

The current federal system continues to prioritize fighting fires.

If we don't, we are going to bankrupt our federal and local governments.

Our forests and natural resources are a way of life in Arizona. I remain saddened by what has happened to our constituents that have been adversely affected by wildfire.