03/02/2011
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"I was pleased that the Administration renewed New START immediately upon taking office. We need to take a clear-eyed approach to dealing with Vladimir Putin, but reducing the nuclear danger should be ..."
"We have 19 million acres under Federal jurisdiction. State pay is $70,000. That is what Cal Fire pays to a State firefighter. The United States Forest Service pays $38,000."
"I hope the Members of this subcommittee can see this differential, a starting salary of $38,500, as opposed to California foresters being paid $70,000."
"I have never seen a pay differential this stark as the difference between Federal firefighter pay and State firefighter pay."