John Shadegg said "I would simply argue that when this committee draft was put together, I do not know that we appreciated the dimension of this year's problems. I know this report was prepared very, very recently; and I know that the fire in Arizona literally was contained just a matter of a week or so ago. With regard to the point my colleague just made with regard to we can protect the land we are acquiring, yes, I would certainly agree, we can protect the lands we are acquiring. But candidly, we cannot protect it by reducing the amount of money for wildfire fighting for the coming year by $23 million. It is simply irrational to say that we can protect it next year for $23 million less, but we need $700 million more this year." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 17, 2002

I would simply argue that when this committee draft was put together, I do not know that we appreciated the dimension of this year's problems. I know this report was prepared very, very recently; and I know that the fire in Arizona literally was contained just a matter of a week or so ago. With regard to the point my colleague just made with regard to we can protect the land we are acquiring, yes, I would certainly agree, we can protect the lands we are acquiring. But candidly, we cannot protect it by reducing the amount of money for wildfire fighting for the coming year by $23 million. It is simply irrational to say that we can protect it next year for $23 million less, but we need $700 million more this year.

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John Shadegg

Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding for wildfire fighting and land protection during a debate.

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