"We should continue to support the voluntary conservation efforts our forest owners make on their lands, and we should continue to support innovation through advanced forest products and fuels."
"For many of us in this room, we should feel proud of the last farm bill and the conservation title that was in it that was wildly heralded across the spectrum as being in the right direction."
"If we are doing CRP in Ohio or Minnesota and maybe the driver is some quail or a few more pheasants or monarch butterflies, that project is helping benefit hypoxia situations in the Gulf and nutrient ..."
"I know you have been there throughout this whole process, as the number of claims have reached its peak."
"I want a drop-dead date."
"I just feel like I am going to get slow rolled again, and not get there."
"Is it possible for us to start getting our mind wrapped around that?"
"I think it needs to be our call, with the money, with the taxpayers, if we are getting the right data in this."
"I think absolutely getting away from all these servers all over the place--I know our practice moved to a cloud many years ago"
"I cannot talk to a veteran and justify why we are going to spend countless dollars for two systems that may not communicate."
"we need to know those numbers."