"And hearts and thoughts go out to you and to Mr. LaMalfa's community as they continue to recover years later."
"I think the Forest Service has the ability today to do this work, which is precisely why they have launched their 10-year landscape project plan."
"I thank the Chairman. And I see Mr. Curtis is back, so hopefully he can defend the propriety of that goatee I was challenging earlier."
"I appreciate that answer and I would encourage the agency, I think, to be nimble and explore alternative criterion that can be applied as you determine the best way to allocate these resources."
"As has been repeated often in this Committee, we no longer have fire seasons, we have fire years in the Rocky Mountain West."
"I hope that I can convince one of my Republican colleagues here on the other side of the aisle to support us on this legislation again, which is common sense and would honor wildland firefighters acro..."
"Wildfire has become a major focus for many of us here in Congress, myself included."
"I just don't get it."
"This bill, it is dead on arrival in the House, certainly dead on arrival in the Senate, it won't be signed by the President."
"I urge everybody interested in this, let's push back against those funding cuts."
"I am very grateful for the investments that the Forest Service has made thus far as part of the agency's Priority Landscapes rollout last year."