"I want to thank Senator Tester for his leadership and his friendship, and I look forward to working with him on this."
"We are going to work very closely with Senator Bennett because we always do, my longtime ally."
"Senator Tester, relying on the process of local collaboration, really has sought to make this legislation as appealing as he can to various local constituencies."
"It is clear to me that a lot of these fires, they are not natural fires. These are infernos that just come about as a result of neglect."
"What we have always wanted in the West was a win-win. We wanted to have strong rural economies, and we wanted to protect our treasures."
"We will be working very closely with you."
"Understand that in the rural West, not only are people frustrated, they can't understand how it is that their Government can come up with billions of dollars..."
"The subcommittee will come to order, and good afternoon to all."
"I recognize the chairman of the full committee, Senator Bingaman, is here."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Anderson."
"I will just have a very brief opening statement."