If SRS is not reauthorized the decline in total funding will be felt most acutely in rural communities.
Senator Baucus expressed that in his remarks earlier.
A short term extension of the Secure Rural Schools program is not a long-term solution for our hard-hit, resource-dependent communities.
I authored the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act to provide a lifeline for timber dependent communities across the N...
It is especially important that Congress act quickly.
It's way past time to get our people back to work in the woods and increase the timber harvest off Federal lands.
Max, we just need a bill to get some revenue.
Whenever I think of Secure Rural Schools and PILT, I also think of you.
We would not have made it through those--that odyssey of authorizations over the years without your being in our corner.
I strongly, strongly urge you as you work into reauthorize these 2 programs to also pay ordinate attention...
I do not want a picking and choosing situation in regards to USTR negotiations with the E.U.