Jim Risch actually said...

"I am not aware of any opposition to this bill."

"It is important that they be maintained and that they, where necessary, be rebuilt in order to be safe and, for that matter, to protect the watershed..."

"I think both sides have matured, and I think both sides have realized if, indeed, a side is not particularly interested in just fundraising or just philosophical argument, I think that both sides have..."

"I think the chairman would agree with me that there is a, putting it kindly, modest lack of knowledge of the forest industry and how forests and landscapes work and grow."