Political Quotes

“I think it should be clear so that people do not get confused that the rulings with regard to this particular legislation are rulings of lower courts, district courts in the Federal court. The highest court, which is the ninth circuit, is the court that has upheld the roadless rule, and so we need to pay attention to that in terms of discussing what courts have done. The other thing, I find it interesting that my colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle want to point to judges when the judges' decisions are on their side, and then they want to beat up on judges when the judges' decisions are on the other side. I have had the fortunate opportunity to visit the Tongass Forest. I have had the fortunate opportunity to discuss this issue with a number of people in the area. One of the things that we do not seem to want to talk about is the impact that clear-cutting has on the caves beneath these beautiful mountains out there and the impact that it has on the environment. We are not talking about keeping people out of the forests. In fact, we want to allow people to be in the forests.”