Ron Wyden actually said...

"We do not have time to wait. If we wait, we lose the mills. We lose loggers. We lose all of the infrastructure in order to deal with the problem that all of you have correctly identified."

"If, as Sen. Wyden's bill directs, there could be a tripling of volume sold from the Eastern Oregon National Forests..."

"I think it is fair to say that it is not the bill any of us would have written, but we believe it is a workable compromise that will improve the health of Oregon's Eastside forests and help to preserv..."

"I think those are valuable points, and I think I want to go to Mr. Shelk to tell us a little bit about how the discussions began."