Grace Napolitano actually said...

"It is with great urgency and concern that Chairman Grijalva and I hold this hearing..."

"The entire West needs to be on notice: this epidemic is one of many events that we can expect in the coming decades..."

"The mountain pine beetle, an insect no greater than a grain of rice, has killed millions of acres of pines across the West..."

"The death of those trees threatens the very existence of Western communities and their residents."