06/15/2010
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"Senator Wyden, before you go, thank you for your work on, fire on Western acres. It has been a pleasure working with you on timber issues, and I look forward to continuing."
"It is time to get the job done."
"PURPA was enacted by Congress in 1978, and it was designed to increase our energy independence at a time when we were in a real energy crisis."
"I know it is going to come as a horrendous shock to people in this town, but the states actually can make these kinds of decisions."