"I would think twice about going out and fighting wildfire if they didn't have the ability to suppress these catastrophic wildfires with fire retardant."
"The other thing we are trying to look at is trying to slow down inflation, and inflation has been caused by all the excessive spending."
"We ought to be able to come up with a rule that makes sense."
"If built, it would be one of the largest in the United States."
"The reason I voted against it is because they kicked the can down the road on the tough issue, and that is how you are going to pay for it in the future."
"The EPA has done some good things."
"To lose that ability to use fire retardant, well, I wouldn't be a firefighter anyway, but if I were..."
"Don't go particularly nuts, but, you know, it won't be pretty when it first comes out, but that is the way it is."
"the horrendous inflation that we have seen, and every economist that I have ever talked to has said that it is caused by excessive spending by the Federal Government."
"Somehow we have got to address that, but this will kind of exacerbate that problem, which doesn't mean it shouldn't occur."
"I think, $52 million went to, if I remember correctly, to Indian Country, which is totally inadequate."