NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Has it been forthcoming, has it been begrudging, have we seen the type of attitude of how dare we question their…”

“Has it been forthcoming, has it been begrudging, have we seen the type of attitude of how dare we question their disciplinary procedures? How would the gentleman characterize the ambiance or the governmental philosophy of the response of those at the Forest Service? ...none of these agencies were forthcoming in advising the United States Congress, more specifically the committees that have direct responsibility over these issues, advising us that in fact false evidence had been planted in a very critical study and it altered or could have altered the results of that study. So that information was not provided. We dug that information out. However, once the information was located or provided to us, then I can tell you the new head of the Department of Agriculture, Ann Veneman, the head of the National Forest Service and the Secretary of Interior have been very cooperative.”