Political Quotes

“I am a cosponsor of the Porter-Kennedy amendment to eliminate logging roads subsidies because of a very simple reason. Federal construction of logging roads is a wasteful, unnecessary program that is a bad deal for the taxpayers and the environment. It is such a bad deal that a unique coalition has formed in support of this amendment. Republicans and Democrats from across the entire political spectrum have joined forces in support of this reasonable amendment. Let me make something very clear. I do support responsible logging in our national forests, but saying that does not mean I support asking the American taxpayers to spend millions and millions each year so that big-profit timber companies do not have to pay for their own roads. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will not affect recreation or general purpose roads for fire safety or affect jobs. But what it will affect is the American people's confidence in this Congress' ability to cut wasteful Federal spending as we work to balance the budget and make the tough decisions on which programs receive Federal funding and which should not.”