Jim Risch

Do you know where it is going to come out of? It is going to come out of the money that they used to invest that makes America work.

But, you know, the tax policy in this country is such that it absolutely amazes me.

If you tax people who are at the upper end of the spectrum, can they afford it? Absolutely they can afford it.

Well, you know, from an economic standpoint that is ridiculous.

the exact same people who were saying, 'By golly we need this tax incentive to go out and build these windmills,' are now complaining that these rich corporations are not paying taxes.

The federal tax code is meant to raise sufficient money to do the limited things that the Founding Fathers thought that a Federal Government should do.

the federal tax code, as long as it continues to be used as a social engineering tool, is going to be the mess that it is today

Thank you, Madam Chairman. We are making progress here.

I think it is critical not only for Congress but for the American people to have a much, much better understanding, higher level of understanding than we do.

every single acre is different.

I think that maybe we could make some progress in that regard.

The Clearwater Basin Collaborative (CBC), led by US Senator Mike Crapo and supported by Senator Jim Risch and Congressman Raul Labrador, is an excellent example of collaboration that showcases major accomplishments.

Congress should have a look at this again.

I do not believe increasing the harvest and protecting our environmental values are mutually exclusive.

this is Congress's fault.

The goals of NEPA are probably supported by 99 percent of the American people.

the Forest Service really should step up.

I think it's a good law. I see how it's been interpreted and sometimes applied beyond really what I believe was the original intent.

You aren't going to see Democrats and Republicans beating each other's brains out over the idea of getting the harvest up while keeping environmental values.

Our objective is to get the harvest up without compromising these bedrock environmental values that we care about in Oregon.

It's time to take a look at this thing. This is not going to be an easy lift.

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I think we've learned that this new approach of doing it from the State up seems to work a lot better and actually gets results.

I think you'd agree with me after you and I toured that facility that the agency is prepared.

We need to talk about solutions.