On the recordJune 21, 2017
Mr. Chairman, let me repeat: We are talking about caution and what is causing fires; and 0.03 percent of fires caused by transmission lines is the data that is available to us. I know facts sometimes don't matter, but they should matter in something as important as this; and 0.03 percent is the cause by transmission lines of fires in the forest on public lands. We are generalizing the huge wildfires that we have seen to make a case for this bill when the case is about transmission lines, rights- of-away; and it is 0.03 percent as the root cause of those fires over 5 years. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Costa).
