Joseph T. Burns said "this is another attempt to do away with the timber program and the salvage program, and all those associated with them. If you want to do something about fires, or the safety of the forests, or the health of the forests, what you do is maintain a healthy harvest situation. In other words, it just makes a lot of sense. It is the old idea of the Government having to own all the land. You have to harvest those trees. To take the money away from it does not get to the environmental objective that a lot of us want to get to. I hope my colleagues will reject this amendment." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 18, 2000

this is another attempt to do away with the timber program and the salvage program, and all those associated with them. If you want to do something about fires, or the safety of the forests, or the health of the forests, what you do is maintain a healthy harvest situation. In other words, it just makes a lot of sense. It is the old idea of the Government having to own all the land. You have to harvest those trees. To take the money away from it does not get to the environmental objective that a lot of us want to get to. I hope my colleagues will reject this amendment.

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Joseph T. Burns

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Opposing an amendment related to timber and salvage programs during a floor debate.

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