"I think the perception is generally good, where the rubber meets the road."
"If you are from a Western state and you are a long ways away from Washington, DC, and you have a tremendous amount of Federal resources that you are dependent upon, what you want to do is you want to ..."
"Disagreement is not discrimination."
"Honestly, that makes sense to me because that is kind of what we see in my home State of Idaho."
"More than 20 percent are on some kind of public assistance."
"Stakeholders in my state tell me that that is one of the No. 1 obstacles to making progress in how lands are managed."
"I represent the State of Idaho, and the culture there is a little bit different than other parts of the country."
"We have got about two-thirds of our land mass which is federally owned, which takes those resources out."
"I was just going to raise a topic that I have not heard much about, and just going through your testimony I have not seen..."
"I think the data in our home State would validate that."
"I respectfully disagree with those who are saying throw money in now and do structural reforms later."