A lot of the areas that were wooded are homes now.

It's getting drier every day. Unless we get rain, it's going to get worse.

Everything out there is brown. Everything is dead. The fire moves 500 feet a minute. They've already lost 10,000 head of livestock -- cattle and horses -- so you know it's got to be moving fast to chase them down.

The vote was 10-8 the day President Bush nominated him, the vote was 10-8 when the hearings began, the vote was 10-8 yesterday, and the vote is 10-8 today.

The committee cannot substitute its judgment for the department's judgment, ... It is only there to see that the procedures are followed fairly.

The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.