Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Well it'll be interesting to find out.

Let's look at the person that actually started the rally.

I thank the gentleman from Washington. Mr. Speaker, the two speakers have now brought up the issue that the House has repeatedly passed resolutions and ideas in regards to funding and taking care and mitigating our forest tragedy. There is…

I now yield to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse), my dear friend.

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for his excellent leadership. He is very modest. Listen, folks, I made a comment. Around here in Washington, D.C., we talk about the Democrats being the opposition and the Senate being the problem. Well…

I thank the chairman so greatly for his indulgence in coming down and expressing the problems that have been faced in Oregon and thank him for the timely hearing tomorrow in Energy and Commerce. We certainly appreciate it. We need to…

I thank my friend from Utah, who has seen the challenging aspects and destruction from the fires, for his remarks. I also now want to acknowledge my friend from Montana, who is actually still seeing the ravaging of the fires. In fact…

I thank the vice chairman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart).

I want to highlight one thing that the gentleman actually brought to attention. Catastrophic fires also cause significant damage to the environment. Robust data from NASA has concluded that one catastrophic wildfire can emit more carbon…

I thank the gentleman from California for his thoughts. He brought up some specific facts that need reiteration just because they are so plentiful. The Forest Service only harvested 2.5 billion board feet in 2016, compared to over 10…

I thank the gentleman from Montana, who I am sorry to see have such a hard time this year in forest management, for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), my friend and colleague. Mr…