12/07/2009
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"these fires that we're seeing in our part of the country, they are not natural fires, they are infernos that come about as a result of years and years of neglect."
"If we lose the infrastructure in eastern Oregon, which is absolutely pivotal to bringing people together, then you don't have the tools, for example, to have a real biomass, you know, industry."
"We've got to get, you know, in there."
"The $50 million for the priority watersheds and job stabilization effort, in my view, is exactly the kind of targeting that we're going to need in the future."