04/29/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"As of April 1, a CAL FIRE rank-and-file firefighter earned $64,760, nearly 15 percent more than a comparable Forest Service firefighter."
"I wonder if just having ATF, which has always had, in my view at least, a restricted role, is enough to stop this."
"I can tell you it is out there, it is a problem."
"I would appreciate if you would look at that. This is a very unusual situation, it seems to me, and a horrible one."