"It is critical for the survival of our communities, forests, and safety of fire crew members to utilize retardant when deemed necessary."
"We applaud the introduction of H.R. 1586, a bipartisan bill that will support our nation's wildland firefighters..."
"I appreciate your leadership on this critical issue and that the legislation has strong bi-partisan support."
"We support your efforts on H.R. 1586."
"We appreciate your leadership on this critical issue and that the legislation has strong bi-partisan support."
"Fire retardant is essential to contain and combat wildfires."
"H.R. 1586 would stop this lawsuit from jeopardizing our environment and communities."
"I am in full support of your proposed legislation H.R. 1586, Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023."
"I am looking forward to working with the Committee and other stakeholders on today's panel to protect the health and safety and be able to use this essential tool for fighting fire in the heat of fire..."
"It seems to make perfect sense, the correlation there between fire and the overloaded inventory."
"the bogging down is what is causing us to lose."
"Yes, and we are so far behind, though, now it is really hard to introduce the fire, so we have to do a lot more mechanical harvest and find a narrow window of time in the winter or whatever that you c..."