Mike Simpson actually said...

"I want to publicly thank Chairman Dicks for his fine work, his sense of fairness and his steady hand leading this subcommittee in recent years."

"Much to the credit of Chairman Dicks, last year's conference report included historic changes in the way we budget for wildfire suppression."

"Just on that, as you know, when you start decommissioning roads, there has to be an appropriate reason to do so."

"If there is an agency where you would think the employees would love to get up and go to work, it would be the Forest Service."