Greg Walden

I do not disagree with the fact about how complicated and difficult these are to work through. I think we would all agree on that. But what I keep hearing is how ICBEMP is going to resolve this issue just as the Northwest Forest Plan was…

I just have to make a comment as well about the concept of these Federal lands being so productive to employment. The gentleman who went to the university, as I recall, as apparently been a long time going back through eastern Oregon and…

First of all, let me say this does not apply to Washington, so the gentleman's implication that it applies to Washington is inaccurate. It applies to 5 States: Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. We are not talking about something…

The point here is that we have many problems in my district in terms of predators devouring livestock. This program is helpful to that as part of the bigger package that combines State and local funds to deal with it. Sometimes it is one…

The federal government must be held accountable for the damage its land management policies have caused rural counties.

The prevalence of federal land that is closed to economic activity has created a serious problem for many counties in Oregon and elsewhere in the West.

H.R. 974 would create a fund to allow students to attend public universities in other states at the in-state tuition rate, giving students from Washington, D.C. a better chance to succeed.

I would like to address the problems that occur when the federal government is the owner of a high percentage of the property in a given area.