Rob Bishop: “I appreciate the amendment that has been presented by the gentleman from Oregon. I think it is a well- thought-out…”

“I appreciate the amendment that has been presented by the gentleman from Oregon. I think it is a well- thought-out amendment. I also appreciate the comments he made, as he is trying to get us past the rhetoric and the dogma, and to try and come up with a truly bipartisan effort to solve the problems that the Forest Service has clearly delineated, giving them the tools that they want to try and solve these problems in the future. I think the gentleman is also correct when he said that if you go through the list of those that are going to use categorical exclusion, you can't actually do those functions without producing timber. So, at worst, the language that was put in here is redundant. We are still after the same goal. We are still after the same game. That is why I actually will accept the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon and urge its adoption. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”