"We need to increase the pace and scale of landscape projects that reduce hazardous fuel loads."
"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 be doing more active management immediately to reduce the threat of these fires and save lives."
"I appreciate today. We need to do more of these hearings on wildfire."
"We need to be hauling straw, and we need to be, shaping waterways in some fashion, and not be devastated this year."
"There are big problems. And yes, whether it is 60 Minutes, or what have you, there are people on the ground that... feel very strongly about this."
"We have to have people that invest, they need to have confidence that they can be, over a 30 year period that they will have a steady supply that we can guarantee from Federal land."
"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 wisel..."
"I appreciate Mr. Costa bringing up that the forest plan needing an update for many years."
"I know she wants to be a partner as well, with that, I think we had a really good start today on this discussion during this 2021 fire season of where we can go."
"There's one particular landscape restoration project of great importance in my district: The Upper Wenatchee Pilot Project."
"We are very, very thankful for the work of our Maine delegation, especially Jared Golden and Senator Susan Collins."