"I would urge you, as Senator Bennet said, to talk to the local communities."
"Unfortunately, until we find a mechanism for cleaning this stuff up and actually get serious about issues like 1872 Mining Act reform, I can pretty much guarantee that someday this is going to happen ..."
"the fact remains that quadrupling commercial timber projects on national forests would take resources."
"fire suppression has grown from 16 percent of the Forest Service budget in 1995 to over 40 percent in 2014."
"If there is one thing that is a certainty in New Mexico it is that my local forest communities want to play a very active role in the management of their local national forest."
"I do think that buy in is probably the single biggest hedge we have against litigation."
"I want to thank you for holding a public hearing on this topic and giving us an opportunity to discuss these issues."
"I think one of the challenges is that it's going to be very hard to address this issue without a specific technological proposal or fix to be able to discuss."
"I really want to thank you for including my bill, the Sueldos del Norte Conservation Act, on today's agenda."
"I think this is a very balanced approach. I appreciate all the work that has gone into it."
"Shouldn't rangeland condition dictate what your grazing levels are?"
"If we were to mandate levels, would we be potentially locking in levels above what could be sustained in drought years?"