Does it suggest also that perhaps we should expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber while it still has some value and before it begins to decay and release enormous quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere?

The management of the public lands is our responsibility.

Well, that is exactly right. And that gets me to my next point, which is if we are facing warmer weather, and if CO2 is the culprit, doesn't that point to a greater need to keep the tree density under control?

When we changed the laws that have made it virtually impossible to manage our lands, our economies have withered and our forests are dying.

I don't claim to have the market cornered on good ideas. If any of my friends across the aisle... can present a better way to manage our forests... please present your ideas.

Mr. Neiman, we have received extensive testimony that private lands are in much better condition, overall, than the public lands.

If I had a subscription to and received six newspapers a day, and only threw one away, how long would it take for my house to become a fire trap? Probably about as long as the forest.

Letter dated June 14, 2017 to Chairman McClintock and Ranking Member Hanabusa from the Alaska Wilderness League...

we have the lowest labor participation rate since the Carter administration.

Ending welfare as we know it.

Wages stagnated under Obama; they skyrocketed under Reagan. That is not population-driven; that is productivity-driven.

the biggest capital-gains tax cut in American history.