We're hopeful that we'll have an opportunity to have that bill presented here before the committee.
It's categorically unacceptable.
I think we've also got to deliver the same kind of wake-up call on this question of a new focus on prevention.
When one of these conflagrations rips through a community, nobody is sitting around talking about Democrats and Republic...
Dear Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Murkowski:
We've all been talking about the FLAME Act and how it hasn't been working as we had intended.
Isn't it the situation though that you have different fires that require different types of suppression and clearly diff...
I mentioned to the Chairman that one thing we seem to have a problem with here in the Congress, is being proactive when ...
But it seems to me that when you take the money from the program, you would reduce the number of fires you're going to h...
I am encouraged by the announcement last month by the Forest Service of 5 new 'Next Generation' air tankers contracts th...
It's a priority. Secretary Jewell has described the condition of our Western forests as a tinder box.
It's time for the Office of Management and Budget to actually implement this law as intended.
I think our priorities are out of whack.
This is a significant departure then from what appears to be the consensus in the direction that we're taking.
I think one of the reasons is that there are still some outstanding questions on where we make the difference here.
The key to me is as quickly as possible because...
I just make sure that you are committed to looking at this program.
I want to just say that when you start to talk about Pebble Mine, a mine in Alaska, we would encourage you to talk to us...
