My concern is to me it sounds like the government's attitude is cost is no object and fairness is no object.

I hate to be stalled by someone who is using a law to, just for that purpose.

If we thin the forests, they are healthy; if we fail to thin them, they are ravaged.

Now there is word that all four major global temperature tracking outlets release data showing the temperatures have dropped significantly over the last year.

I think if the motive is just to stop the process, that is not a good use of the law.

Thank you, Madam Chairman; a lot has been said about the interaction of temperature and water on the beetle infestation.

The litigation is a creature of this Congress. Perhaps we ought to reign it in.

Why aren't we?

But if we salvage them for lumber, and do so in a timely fashion, is that not a money maker for the Federal Government?

Is there not a great deal of commercial value to trees through thinning, if they are used for lumber production?

As Congresswoman Herseth Sandlin said, we have actually still got a viable industry there.