"Because of the lack of management that the U.S. Forest Service has done with the forests surrounding these communities because of their bad decisions, now they are continuing to hold our schools hostage."
"And instead, what they continue to do is hold our forests hostage."
"The difference between your dollars and our dollars is your dollars are given to you by our tax dollars."
"Why do we keep putting more and more strain on the backbone of our economy, on our truckers and small businesses?"
"But typically when the Federal Government estimates the cost of implementation, they grossly underestimate it."
"It is an honor for all of us to be able to serve this great country, and I think we need to always keep that in mind, that we need to put country first."
"And now all of a sudden we have got to have someone else tell us how to take care of things."
"Why are we putting more and more on their backs when they have been doing a pretty good job so far taking care of themselves?"
"Following the enactment of President Obama's sequester, and the failure of Congress to come together to resolve our budget crisis, it is necessary now more than ever for us to find commonsense solutio..."
"We spend over 40 cents on every dollar to comply with regulations that come in."