John Shadegg said "I believe that one of them has been misallocated. The bill currently provides $23 million less for the Bureau of Land Management's budget for wildfire management than the current year allows. We have reduced the amount of money to fight wildfires. At the same time, we have increased the amount of money to acquire land to $49 million. I would suggest that this is a misprioritization of our resources. In an age when we have seen outrageous fires across the West, in my State, as I mentioned a moment ago, we have lost half a million acres to wildfire, we are seeing a situation where we are reducing the amount of money to fight wildfires; but we are increasing the amount of money to buy land. It seems to me clearly imprudent to follow that course of conduct. Now, the acquisition of land would mean that we are going to buy more land in the western United States, because the BLM operates exclusively in the western United States." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 17, 2002

I believe that one of them has been misallocated. The bill currently provides $23 million less for the Bureau of Land Management's budget for wildfire management than the current year allows. We have reduced the amount of money to fight wildfires. At the same time, we have increased the amount of money to acquire land to $49 million. I would suggest that this is a misprioritization of our resources. In an age when we have seen outrageous fires across the West, in my State, as I mentioned a moment ago, we have lost half a million acres to wildfire, we are seeing a situation where we are reducing the amount of money to fight wildfires; but we are increasing the amount of money to buy land. It seems to me clearly imprudent to follow that course of conduct. Now, the acquisition of land would mean that we are going to buy more land in the western United States, because the BLM operates exclusively in the western United States.

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John Shadegg

Arizona

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget allocations for wildfire management and land acquisition.

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