it is as bad as coal.

I do not want to see us moving backwards.

I remain concerned that as many as 35 states are not using this block grant funding for stillbirth prevention activities.

I introduced bill, the Children's Safe Welcome Act, which we have shared with your team, which was designed to kind of lay out the gold standard.

I encourage you to persist aggressively, given the consequences of failure, and we certainly have a deeply entrenched company, or companies, determined to keep addicting children.

Similarly, approval expanding a fossil fuel pipeline in my state is contrary to the steps that Oregon has taken to build a clean energy future.

It is an incredible national parks system, but it only works if we have people staffing it.

Forest Service salaries--I should say, Federal salaries, in many of the locations across the country is not holding up to salaries in other non-Federal jobs.

I want to emphasize that word, 'required'.

I think it is an incredibly important investigation and report. We need to shine a light on the past in order to understand issues that may help us direct into the future.

Thank you, Senator. You timed it just perfectly.

the proposed fiscal year 2024 President's Budget addresses a lot of the concerns and challenges we have with the recruitment and retention.

I think if I had a magic wand, I would, you know, throw a couple more billion dollars into these key ecosystems that are threatened.

Thank you. I am going to be pretty strict about us sticking to our time limits.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Act provided for investment in high-risk firesheds.

I want to turn to the Western Oregon operating plan (WOOP), as it is referred to, and this is a plan that coordinates the approach to wildfire response.

Amen to that. And I have a bill to change that, so Thank you, for drawing attention and spotlighting that issue.

Thank you very much.