"We commend Senator Wyden, his staff, and the stakeholders who participated in developing S. 2895."
"Recognizing the need for landscape-scale restoration throughout the forests of eastern Oregon is commendable."
"We commend Senator Wyden for holding a Congressional hearing and encourage other hearings and forums where the merits of this legislation can be discussed."
"We are just baffled as to why the Department doesn't think they should get the grant."
"I was recently having a townhall meeting in Condon. It's Condon, Oregon, population 600."
"Halting a program at this point would not be helpful for jobs."
"I am absolutely convinced there is nobody at the Department of Energy who got up that morning and said, "I want to spend my day being rotten to the people of Condon, Oregon.""
"The project that they proposed clearly would save energy, it would save money, and it would save water."
"I mean, these are tiny communities. I have open meetings every county, every year. I'm concerned that they walk away and think that the Federal Government is going to have policies that turn them into..."
"My concern is that this is going to be too little, too late to keep the mills open."
"If this proposal goes through in its present form, we're going to lose mills, we're going to lose jobs, and some of the most hard-hit communities in our country are going to lose their futures."