Peter DeFazio actually said...

"How about a public meeting where the three agencies could discuss where they believe this is going? Again, I am having tremendous confusion on both sides of this debate, and this is a very polarizing ..."

"This is not the time for us to be able to stop Secure Rural Schools. I believe that there has never been a greater need with our counties than right now with the challenges that they face."

"So you can tell me that, should we approve this, you fully expect it will bring efficiencies that will get more money on the ground, more jobs created, more work done toward those goals."

"I opposed it at the time. I was right. I said, it is not going to resolve the issues. It is going to lead to gridlock. It did."