Ron Wyden

We must reform the process to ensure efficiency.

I very much support your agenda, Mr. Smith, and what you are talking about.

I think your bill will certainly promote that and we thank you for that.

This is all about getting to scale production, and it seems to me we have just got to get more players into this.

To me, instead of going out and picking these winners and losers, you ought to target a variety of different types of electric vehicles.

It is long past time to drain the safety swamp that has become the Minerals Management Service.

I strongly believe that this bipartisan bill is the right approach for Southern Nevada.

Senator Reid, with the support of Senator John Ensign, introduced this bill to stop the development of the proposed 640 acre gravel pit.

I do not believe that this specific project is appropriate for this location.

Let us toughen up the conflict rules, particularly as it relates to the revolving door.

I think there is a general consensus now that the emergency response has not been adequate.

The folks in the Gulf are hurting.

Let us follow up on it, Mr. Secretary, and particularly look at this one that I cited involving March 1, 2010.

I feel very strongly that for the future, it is going to be absolutely critical to close the revolving door between the Interior Department and the oil and gas industry.

I applaud the effort of Senator Wyden and the various interests in breaking through the stalemate.

We're putting a lot of eggs in a lot of baskets.

If we keep doing what we're doing, we'll have panels like this where you and Mr. Maluski are going to keep fighting each other in court.

I certainly can't speak for Mr. Lillebo, but there may be some concerns that they have that they're not articulating.

So, let's look at the Glaze project.

I appreciate your candor, and the reason I'm asking the questions, again, is we've got a number of the timber organizations...

I'll welcome anybody's opinion on something like this, Mr. Woodward, but you're the one who came today and said there was no support from the forest products sector.

The American Forest Resources Council, that's the organization that represents the majority of the industry here in Oregon, has been on the record as supporting this bill for quite some time.

This was a bipartisan ripoff, in effect, where you would short the prevention accounts and have to constantly shovel more money out the door, in terms of fighting fires.

If we can't pass legislation like this, there will be no mills to do the work. Zero. They are not going to be here.

I'll hold the record open and I'd very much like to see the science that you all were talking about.