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 am glad I was able to attend the hearing, quite interested in this legislation and commend you for bringing this legislation.

Very simply, what this bill does, it allows--it permits, but does not require, but does permit the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits...

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 realized the way this stuff is going…

Your organization was very, very responsive. I want to thank you for that.

I think that--the first thing that struck me, because of my forestry background, was that, over the 40 or 30 years, whatever it is, that they've been fighting about it, that everyone was attempting to treat roadless as a one-size-fits-all.

I broke it into 280 different roadless pieces in Idaho, and we treated each one like a piece of property should be treated: uniquely.

I would like to point out is, you received a letter from the Idaho delegation urging you to reconsider decreasing the discount for seniors and the disabled people.

I don't know why you think roadless is so hard. You know, I only worked on it once, and it was tremendously successful.

America can't go on the way it is spending money. It's going to be more severe, I think, in future years.

Support should be given to the 'Renewing Hope for Haitian Trade and Investment Act for 2010' introduced by Senators Wyden and Nelson.

I don't understand it and I don't--you know, whether Bush did it or Reagan did it or this President did it, when it comes to a combatant, they're all wrong on this.