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On the recordJune 15, 2021
My final question is we're a big State. There's a lot of land involved. Fire is bad. We lost about 5,000 homes last year in fire and fire on Federal land, which, as I said, is 51 percent of our forest, is owned by the Federal Government has to be competitive and be able to hire people.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein emphasizes the impact of wildfires and the need for competitive hiring on Federal land.

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