"It is time for the federal government to cease being an absentee landlord on the 600 million acres of this country that it controls."
"It is time for the Federal Government to cease being the absentee landlord over 600 million acres of this country that it controls, and start leveraging those lands in a way that benefits rather than ..."
"I also want to say that though I have been talking in terms of volume of timber and associated revenues, when it comes to forest health it is not about what is being removed from the forest, it is abo..."
"I believe that our national forests and other public lands are long overdue for a paradigm shift."
"We are happy to have you back here again, where you belong."
"It is nice to have someone from Wisconsin here to illustrate how this is a situation and an issue that transcends the entire Nation."
"Thank you. And we welcome you as part of the panel."
"We have spent $1 billion a year trying to recover the salmon runs up the Columbia River, clear up to Montana."
"I appreciate your attendance here."
"It is unfair because you had one second left when you were asked the question."
"I think that is a very good and a legitimate question."