Political Quotes

“I would say I think the rule is very well structured. The rules takes into account all of the different parties that have come together on this bill and some of the parties who oppose this bill. It gives ample opportunity for those who oppose the bill, as well as giving ample opportunity to those of us who feel it is time that we take back the management of these forests and put it in the hands of what we call the ``green hats,'' our forest rangers. What has happened over a period of time because of a very well-thought-out strategy, and that was in the seventies and the eighties, the radical environmental organizations... decided that they could never win the debate against the people that work for the Forest Service... So they decided what they needed to do is manage the forest through a paralysis by litigation, through paralysis by analysis, or through paralysis by emotional-based decision.”