President Theodore Roosevelt, the father of our great forest system, would be horrified at the condition of our forests and our rural communities.
I am encouraged by the Committee's keen interest in identifying long-term solutions for our Federal forest counties and the hard-working peo...
While we need to reauthorize the critical program--a program I have strongly supported and worked hard to extend--these support payments are...
It is clear the status quo is not working, and we need to get our rural communities working again.
It is time for action. It's time to stop talking about 'principles' and 'concepts' and to start moving forward with specific, legislative id...
I am committed to continuing in that effort, as I have in the past on legislation like forest restoration.
I recognize my colleagues from Oregon, Representatives Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, for working with me and many other Oregonians who ag...
How could we let this happen to our rural forested communities?
It's time for real change.
This is an important and timely hearing and I'm encouraged by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks Forests and Public ...
the specter of costly and time-consuming regulation, to say nothing of a 2.3 percent excise tax, looms large over this industry