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Steve Daines: I appreciate the gentleman from Oregon's remarks there. Let me say this. I spent 28 years in the private sector having…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2013
I appreciate the gentleman from Oregon's remarks there. Let me say this. I spent 28 years in the private sector having managed complex operations. And so what this amendment does, it doesn't preclude the Forest Service from generating all the data in the format that the gentleman from Oregon referenced. What this is asking for here is a one-page summary, a dashboard, if you will, so we can see, kind of cut to the bottom line in terms of the numbers that I pointed out here. So often in Washington we are drowning in data. We're starving for wisdom. This is a simple dashboard that cuts to the bottom line here of looking for the volume of board feet actually harvested, the cost of the preparation of sales, the revenues generated from the sales, and the amount of receipts distributed to the beneficiary counties. That's the one-page summary. All the other data can be contained in the other reports for the perusal of Members and others who want to see it, but this just cuts to the chase to give a simple, one-page dashboard of what the bottom-line results are as a result of this bill. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield myself such time as I may consume.…
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana
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Sep 19, 2013

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