Isn't it the situation though that you have different fires that require different types of suppression and clearly different types of aviation assets?

I mentioned to the Chairman that one thing we seem to have a problem with here in the Congress, is being proactive when it comes to any form of prevention.

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 have to deal with.

I am encouraged by the announcement last month by the Forest Service of 5 new 'Next Generation' air tankers contracts that are pending.

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.

When one of these conflagrations rips through a community, nobody is sitting around talking about Democrats and Republicans.

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.

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