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On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
Congressman, I can't even get to this fire on the ground. We used to have good timber roads. I could get equipment there. All I can do now is drop stuff from the air and pray to God the wind shifts.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock shares a firefighter's frustration about inadequate access to fight wildfires.

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