Quite frankly, I feel sorry for the witnesses that are here trying to defend a demonstrably failed system.

By what authority do you propose a rule which is in such conflict with the law?

they are not supposed to be equal footing, and we need to abide by the law, not the rule

If we could have the next slide brought up.

Now, I am not a scientist, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that when you decrease the amount of timber that you are taking out of the forests, is it safe to say, Mr. Wood, that it is going to come out of the forests in the form of smoke instead of logs?

the declining condition of the forests has a lot to do with this graph that we see here.

The metrics and reasoning are not well defined.

We cannot be utilizing the information from one county 8 hours away to enforce some kind of a decision in another one.

This policy is a disservice to the veterans, and I am going to continue to harp on it and push back against it until the mandate is completely lifted.

literally lives have been put at risk because of that system, and we need to make sure that it is functioning properly, fully functional before it is rolled out at any other site.

Grizzly bears are predators. There is a small handful of members on this Committee that actually have grizzly bears in their districts.