"Providing a Clean Water Act exemption so that federal, state, local, and tribal firefighting agencies can continue to use fire retardant is necessary to keep this tool available."
"We appreciate your leadership on this critical issue and that the legislation has strong bi-partisan support."
"We must be able to fight wildfires with everything we have."
"This is the wrong time to limit the use of Fire Retardants as a tool in combating these wildfires."
"UAFA strongly supports Congressman LaMalafa's legislation, the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023."
"The pace and scale of active management on these forests and landscapes must be drastically increased, and this must happen right now."
"We must undertake the paradigm shift that the Forest Service has been calling for and dramatically increase management to restore forest health."
"My constituents when I go see them, they are just tired of being under the gun of fire danger."
"R&D shouldn't need environmental review."
"Tell PHMSA to stick with the mandates that you have given."
"I share your frustration as well on getting permitting done to do some of the other things we need to do."