"I believe that community college is a great place to obtain the education. I think, again, the funding issue is the problem, making the funding available so that continuing education is acceptable as well as curriculum education."
"I appreciate the work you do. It is, like I said, vitally important, and any way we can help, I am more than willing to help."
"From an economic perspective it may be a little shortsighted."
"I would like you to be able to use these grants wherever you think is appropriate. I mean this is your country, it is your money, and you ought to be able to use them where you think it would be most ..."
"I thought about trying to change the Federal law so that you have to do reforestation after wildfires because they are obviously just as devastating, if not more impactful than timber harvest."
"I have always taken the position I don't want the Federal government determining what scope of practice is. That is the State's responsibility."
"I think historic preservation is vitally important, especially for tribes. We can't lose that history."
"Well, it is a really important issue. I will tell you that when I came to Congress 21 years ago..."
"I have asked for a larger amount of money for this committee because of all the unmet needs."
"The answer to that is put out wildfires before they become huge conflagrations, and that is the Forest Service's responsibility."
"A, we know all the smoke in the air from wildfires is bad."