Political Quotes

“I rise today to introduce the Wildfire Intelligence Collaboration and Coordination Act of 2025. This legislation would establish a joint wildfire intelligence center between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Interior to foster collaboration and increase wildfire response capabilities. The scale, size, and intensity for the wildfire crisis demands a singular, whole- of-government wildfire intelligence center. Such a center could compile comprehensive information on wildfires to better inform responses and inform wildfire recovery and streamline Federal wildfire response to ensure that States have a one-stop-shop within the federal government. This center would also increase monitoring and imaging capabilities that land management Agencies currently cannot achieve. As we have seen with the destruction in Los Angeles, increasingly severe and frequent wildfires pose a significant to the whole Western United States. In recent years, huge wildfires have struck Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, and my home State of California. Whether the fire was burning in your State or whether the smoke traveled and covered the skies of your State, the impacts of wildfires cannot be ignored. As the West continues to suffer from devastating wildfires year after year, we must be proactive, and that includes coordinating across the Federal Government to meet the current challenge.…”