Tom Vilsack actually said...

"The reason I feel so strongly about this is last year during our award ceremony, I had to give out seven American flags to family members who lost loved ones in forest fires."

"We want to make sure it is a fair and equitable relationship, and that is the purpose of our review of those rules."

"This is one area that has frustrated me more than any since I have been Secretary, because everybody--everybody--knows this is a problem."

"Candidly, I am at the point now where folks have raised concerns about trails and a variety of other facets of the Forest Service that we are not going to do what we have done in the past, which is tr..."