One of the bills I have submitted... would say that the Forest Service can allow less than eight-inch trees to be remove...
What is very unusual is, we talk about climate. Living in the Northeast, climate always moves west to east.
We are sick of that smoke. I know the folks on the East Coast are, and we need to do something to try to reduce the risk...
However, we are not taking cognizance of the big picture, which is the CO2 released by these catastrophic fires.
But part of the shared value ought to be CO2 in the atmosphere.
One of the bills I have submitted, which goes along with the list that Senator Barrasso gave about different bills addre...
If we don't act, these catastrophic wildfires will continue to threaten lives.
Drought is a climate issue, as Senator Heinrich pointed out.
It may be that we need to have more cutting in order to prevent that CO2 being released by fires.
We have got to cut the red tape. We have got to combat the fringe litigation. We have got to solve this problem.
I was proud to co-sponsor the bill that brought us the 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline.
We should start with the programs to build the staff and maintain the staff that we have, then talk about increasing.
We have got enormous staffing problems, and to say you have got to have a certain--it seems to me that opens up liabilit...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to thank all of you.
Because every day you can keep a veteran in their home they are happier and the system is saving money.
