Douglas LaMalfa actually said...

I hope that we all leave here with a better sense of what we can do in the Subcommittee to help the Forest Service carry out its mission.

the record of today's hearing will remain open for 10 calendar days to receive additional material.

A significant portion of the backlog, nearly 75 percent, is maintenance of the 370,000 mile road system within our forests.

I would be really interested in that, how much that is adding to the burden of an already difficult situation.