Political Quotes

“this amendment embodies recommendations made by a bipartisan group of Senators who are committed getting this legislation passed and signed by the President. The amendment establishes a predecisional administrative review process. It allows an additional analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to give priority to communities and watersheds and hazardous fuel reduction projects. It contains new language protecting old-growth stands, and it encourages the courts to expedite the judicial review process. The underlying legislation also contains a biomass title authorizing grant programs to encourage utilization of forest waste material. Another title provides financial and technical assistance to private forest land owners to encourage better management techniques to protect water quality. The pest and remote sensing titles would authorize funding for the U.S. Forest Service, land grant institutions, and 1890 institutions to plan, conduct, and promote the gathering of information about insects that have caused severe damage to forest ecosystems. Title V, the Healthy Forest Reserve Program, is a private forest land conservation initiative that would support the restoration of declining forest ecosystem types that are critical to the recovery of threatened, endangered, and other sensitive species. Two additional titles were added to the House-passed bill by our committee.…”