"On the very significant cut in hazardous, you know, fuels reduction, our additional concern is that the focus, now, is on the wildland-urban interface."
"My concern this morning is that forestry takes a real pounding in this budget. My home State of Oregon is all about forests."
"We've got to get, you know, in there."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you, and filibusters are popular around here, but you will not get one from me today."
"what they have been subject to, in my view, is slavery, pure and simple."
"on our watch we are not going to tolerate this kind of moral blot."
"Again and again, Mr. Chairman, you and Senator Franken are standing up for people who do not have power and do not have clout."
"I just want you to know how strongly I feel about this."
"I am pleased about a number of things in the budget, the support for fire suppression."
"I appreciate the fact you want to accelerate the hiring, and we've just got to keep the pressure on."
"I'm going to ask you, at every hearing when you're here, about what's being done to get more folks in place."