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

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

We need a Federal solution that all in Oregon will benefit from.

I could tell you, anybody who can increase their 30 or 40 percent of what they're doing, and they're talking about a promising industry of the future.

I want to be very sensitive to the point of making sure that we get the advisory functions of this bill right.

We applaud you, Senator Wyden, for your leadership in bringing together diverse groups of Oregonians to craft pioneering legislation.

I could tell you that talking to a lot of the partners in this, you're being pretty diplomatic when you say you were skeptical at the outset.

This is the way you ought to try to move forward on major issues, where folks are working together.

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.

But the regional manager from Boise Cascade sat 6 inches from where you sit, on the last panel, and said he supports the bill.

Senator Wyden promises to make every effort to achieve funding but he has been in the majority and chairman of this committee for several years and funding is still inadequate, why should things change now?

I believe S. 2895 is representative of this.

The 'Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act' is a historic science-based collaboration for positive solutions in our forests.

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.

With each passing month, this group recognized that the failure to address the needs of Oregon's increasingly unhealthy forest meant that they grow more and more at risk.

I think it's fair to say you all have been a critical partner in the management of Federal lands.

Thanks a lot Ron Wyden, appreciate that.

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.

The urgency couldn't be greater. Every day we face severe problems in our Eastside forests.

It's time now to protect the last of eastern Oregon's old-growth with the approach laid out in Senator Wyden's bill.

This has been a week focusing on a brighter economic future for our State.

I think Mr. Webb, who's with us, still makes a valid point, that if you had sufficient funding, No. 1, and an actual way to jumpstart the process of breaking, you know, the gridlock, you wouldn't need legislation.

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

Senator Wyden, we appreciate the work of you and your staff to introduce this bill.