We need to be doing more active management immediately to reduce the threat of these fires and save lives.
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 find it very frustrating that some Members of Congress ... continue to try to put a stop to what Forest Service ... are trying to do.
I greatly appreciate us having this opportunity to have this very important hearing today, and cover the subject, as it greatly needs to be,...
I appreciate today. We need to do more of these hearings on wildfire.
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 a...
If we just dedicate it as a set aside and then never touch it, once again, you're going to have the same problem we have in a lot of the for...
Last month, 27 of us sent a letter to TSA and CDC about their decision to renew the mandate through September 13.