"I still believe a better alternative exists to protect the proposed areas, create economic development and recreational opportunities in the region."
"Those three are three areas that, in the Roadless rule, when you and I worked on that that we designated for what is essentially wilderness designation."
"Together we have worked on collaborative conservation measures before including the Idaho Roadless Rule."
"You know in Idaho we have the largest block, I believe, of wilderness in the continental United States of contiguous wilderness area."
"Let there be no mistake about it, Congressman Simpson is the person who has done--has put in all the hours on this."
"As they often say, politics is the art of the possible."
"I believe that you worked in good faith on it."
"It was done through a process that's very much different than the way we do these things today."
"The one, of course, most interest to me is S. 3294 which is the CIEDRA, what we call in Idaho the CIEDRA bill."
"I cannot support protection at the cost of access, sacrificing recreational or hunting opportunities or impacting state endowment lands."
"Our policy on Hezbollah remains unchanged. Hezbollah, in its entirety, is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and we have no contact with the group or any of its members."