I continue to have the only bipartisan health reform bill here in the U.S. Senate, and I am still trying to bring people together on that.
The walk in the woods, almost like a great foreign policy agreement, is how it began.
I think I can call that the Shelk spirit because that is exactly the way you have always done it, and we are very appreciative of it.
We do not have time to wait. If we wait, we lose the mills. We lose loggers. We lose all of the infrastructure in order to deal with the pro...
If, as Sen. Wyden's bill directs, there could be a tripling of volume sold from the Eastern Oregon National Forests...
I think it is fair to say that it is not the bill any of us would have written, but we believe it is a workable compromise that will improve...
I think those are valuable points, and I think I want to go to Mr. Shelk to tell us a little bit about how the discussions began.
What I consistently hear is about the endless appeals, the appeal, an appeal, an appeal.
I would think it is the prerogative of a United States Senator to use any kind of process they want to aid them in drafting legislation.
S. 2895 claims that the increased logging mandated by this bill will somehow mitigate the effects of climate change.
I just had a town meeting over in Lakeview, and I think this was the first time when we didn't really hear those kinds of concerns.