"This is not tough-love. This is continuing the path we are currently on with no future balanced budget ever, in this proposal, and the American people are rejecting it, frankly."
"I am committed to providing the funding necessary to implement such an agreement."
"If this were easy it would have been done by now."
"This bill releases four wilderness study areas that are currently wilderness study areas, treated as de facto wilderness."
"if this were easy it would have been done by now."
"I'd like to offer my thanks to Sen. Jim Risch on the committee for your support of this bill."
"CIEDRA is not a perfect bill. It is a complicated bill that forces each side to give a bit in order to find the balance that is needed to resolve outstanding land management issues."
"I share your concern about the damage that invasive and noxious species can do to native vegetation and wildlife."
"I believe it is fair to say that those who are entrenched in their positions on one or both of these issues are not interested in compromise and will remain opposed to the bill unless the other side g..."
"the intent of CIEDRA is that there shall be no establishment of any federal water rights for these wilderness areas now and in the future."
"CIEDRA is an example of statesmanship and collaboration at its finest."