State and Private Forestry Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, U.S. Senate

by Rick Santorum (Editor)

Witnesses Senators Rick Santorum, Patrick J. Leahy, Thad Cochran, Judd Gregg, Bob Smith, Larry E. Craig, & Olympia J. Snowe; James Lyons, Under Sec. for Natural Resources & Environment, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; John Cahill, Commissioner, N.Y. State Dept. of Environmental Conservation; Brendan Whitaker, Sr., Sec., Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Vermont National Resources Council; Steve Schley, non-industrial forest landowner, & past-pres., Maine Forestry Assoc., Jack Sargent, retired forester, State of New & David Guernsey, pres., Sugarloaf Area Chamber of Commerce, Kingfield, Maine.

123 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

American Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007, and was a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination. On April 10, 2012 Santorum announced the end of his presidential bid.

Santorum holds socially conservative positions, including opposition to same-sex marriage and birth control.

In the Senate, he voted for tax cuts and a balanced budget amendment, supported the use of earmarks, and played a leading role in enacting welfare reform.

He also voted for spending programs for education and transportation such as No Child Left Behind and funding for Amtrak, which he later disavowed.