On behalf of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, I welcome you to our hearing on the fiscal year 2011 budget request for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
Funding for construction and maintenance of facilities, roads, and trails is cut by 21 percent for a total of $438 milli...
Could you tell me the nature of the concern? You know, in California, you get a suit over almost anything.
How dare you to see a more difficult permit process than the State of California has anywhere.
So thank you for coming and we look forward to working with you.
But we have to find out what is the public good and move with the public good.
So the longer you guys hold it up, the less renewables we have in an area that is a heavy consumer of electricity.
I think this subcommittee is very interested. You are a new Chief. That is always an exciting time.
I do intend to follow that.
I am more concerned about a rational policy for protecting treasured landscapes as we move in appropriate ways to take a...
I think that is right. I think you hit the nail on the head actually.