"How will we know that they will apply the kind of rigor that you just indicated if we are waiving all normal procedures and judicial review?"
"Would you agree, sir, that there are instances where salvage logging is not appropriate; where if it is not done right, you could actually worsen some of the things that you have mentioned in your tes..."
"Again, if done incorrectly, if impacts are created, let us say water quality impacts for the city and county of San Francisco, who pays for that mitigation if there is no NEPA process, if there are no..."
"There is also a maxim about making sure that the cure is not worse than the disease, and proper procedures and safeguards are an important part of ensuring that."
"This is an incredibly broad bill. It covers a broad area of land, a lot of acreage that includes forestland, National Park Service land."
"We can't pretend everything is business as usual. We have to stop playing games with the American people."
"Ignoring the public planning process has become a priority for the majority."
"Shutting down the Government has serious consequences and, like I mentioned at the beginning of my remarks, I cannot believe we are holding this hearing today."
"This was cute, but not an effective way to end this shutdown. I voted against this piecemeal strategy."
"the Affordable Care Act is a net budget saver, correct?"
"I believe you said that continuing the sequester... would eliminate 600,000 jobs and reduce GDP by as much as half a percent; is that correct?"