Norman D. Dicks: “I yield to my good friend from Colorado. He will tell us more about the alternate reality, I think.”

I move to strike the last word to engage in a colloquy with Chairman Young. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5 minutes.

This has been a subject I've been very interested in as former chairman of the Interior Appropriation Subcommittee where we have to fund the efforts for firefighting, which are very massive. I have tried to work with the Defense…

I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), who's the ranking member on the Homeland Security Subcommittee.

I thank the gentleman for his hard work on this issue and look forward to working with him.