44 Quotes by Greg Walden

It's not right to think that the public's interest in protecting species should be the sole burden of private landowners. If the public, through the laws of the federal government, wants costly actions to occur on private land then the public must be willing to step up and help compensate private landowners, where appropriate, for their loss.

The Bonneville Power Administration tells us that we are going to be spending close to $700 million a year trying to help these fish recover. And yet we know that somewhere between 30 and 50 percent of the returning Snake River fall chinook are actually harvested out in the ocean or in the rivers.

I've experience first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center.

I want to especially thank ONDCP Deputy Director Scott Burns and Associate Deputy Director John Horton, a fellow Oregonian, for their continued commitment to the meth epidemic plaguing eastern Oregon, ... When they traveled with me to Umatilla County in August of 2004, they were able to hear firsthand from local law enforcement just how devastating the problem in Umatilla County had become. Ever since that time, they have remained in close contact with our office and I'm grateful for their personal support of this designation.

I hear regularly from schools, hospital administrators, law enforcement, government officials and a host of other citizens throughout the second district about the need to enhance border patrol and crack down on illegal immigration. The costs to our education, health care and criminal justice systems are overwhelming.

I have trouble, my little brain can't understand, how it's OK to slaughter the fish?

I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district.

A $1.7 billion average increase in electricity costs is estimated to result in a $1.3 billion decrease in personal income and a loss of 13,000 more jobs in the region.

In addition to hydropower, Oregon and the Northwest have pioneering companies leading the way in environmentally friendly energy technology.