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Douglas Lee LaMalfa is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, LaMalfa has focused on issues such as agriculture, natural resources, and rural development during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that support farmers and promote economic growth in his district, which encompasses a large portion of Northern California.
Prescribed fire is not going to be popular, maybe, at all times, but when you do a comparison of a controlled situation there, and how we are going to reduce the fuel load we have, when we do it wisely, the right time of year, the right…
There's one particular landscape restoration project of great importance in my district: The Upper Wenatchee Pilot Project.
We need to be doing more active management immediately to reduce the threat of these fires and save lives.
I find it very frustrating that some Members of Congress ... continue to try to put a stop to what Forest Service ... are trying to do.
We need to increase the pace and scale of landscape projects that reduce hazardous fuel loads.
We know there are some 63 million acres at medium- to high-risk of wildfire.
Last year we saw over 10 million acres burn, over 40 percent of it in California alone.
I greatly appreciate us having this opportunity to have this very important hearing today, and cover the subject, as it greatly needs to be, and ongoing.
These past years have, again, been incredibly difficult for my district, and my neighboring districts too.
It took the dust from the Dust Bowl to reach the steps of the Capitol to get action, and we hope that we don't have to deal with the smoke and the ash from this.
We need to be hauling straw, and we need to be, shaping waterways in some fashion, and not be devastated this year.
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