Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"I have some very significant concerns about the legislation before us today."

"This bill is unnecessary, since the courts have been very clear that the Forest Service deserves this advance notice."

"This bill appears to simply blindfold the Forest Service to what is happening on their lands, and I think that is the wrong direction to go."

"You have said before that this sort of thing, this kind of pause, has been done multiple times in the past, and I believe by Republican administrations."