Rey was the key author of the 1995 " Salvage Rider " which was attached to the " must pass " Congressional budget bill containing financial aid for victims of the Oklahoma City bombing . The " rider " suspended all environmental protections ( such as the Endangered Species Act ) allowing " salvage " harvests , which in many cases included logging of healthy green old-growth timber under the guise of protecting " forest health , " in the Pacific Northwest
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Mark Rey