07/13/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"As you deliberate appropriate funding levels for these USGS programs, please consider the important public policy implications these choices entail."
"As of April 1, a CAL FIRE rank-and-file firefighter earned $64,760, nearly 15 percent more than a comparable Forest Service firefighter."
"I wonder if just having ATF, which has always had, in my view at least, a restricted role, is enough to stop this."
"I can tell you it is out there, it is a problem."