"The moment, the moment, there begins to be an outcry from the public about a variety of the different draconian cuts that this budget imposes, they disclaim that their budget does anything of the sort."
"I just don't get it."
"I find it rather rich that the same individuals who voted against the $1.6 billion investment in fuel reduction... now have the audacity to question you."
"They are under-funded. They need more resources."
"I am as incredulous this morning as I guess I was yesterday when this happened, because they will put forward a budget that cuts the Forest Service, and then tell you that it doesn't."
"This bill, it is dead on arrival in the House, certainly dead on arrival in the Senate, it won't be signed by the President."
"I urge everybody interested in this, let's push back against those funding cuts."
"we have to do more on firefighter pay."
"I also represent, or my district, rather, includes many other national forests."
"I think the draconian budget cuts that have been proposed by some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are deeply dangerous for the West."
"These projects are having an incredible, tangible impact in rural America."