"I know that resource limitations have impacted operations service wide, and that is something our committee has been working to address."
"I honestly can't remember the last time that the Olympic National Forest met its annual harvest target, and we have got to do better."
"I am very grateful for the partnership we found in the regional forester, Glenn Casamassa and our new forest supervisor, Kelly Lawrence."
"I will be personally involved in how we can get some more directed resources to build that important leverage and collaborative capacity."
"It is a humbling moment to recognize our Nation's first Native American Secretary of the Interior."
"I am so grateful for your longstanding partnership on advancing this essential priority."
"In 2003, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report titled 'A Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country.'"
"Indefensibly, almost nothing had changed."
"I am hoping that something can be done in a more comprehensive way for Tribes in these circumstances."
"We need to do better than that."
"I recognize all of the critical work that your Agency accomplishes for our country. But as folks on this committee know perhaps all too well, my first and highest priority on this subcommittee remains..."
"I am proud to lead a bill here in Congress called the PUGET SOS Act to ensure that the Federal Government steps up to be a better partner that State and Tribal and local entities need to save our soun..."