If you have any interest in any part of the Interior bill, whether it is the Smithsonian, whether it is, the National Zoo, or whatever it is, you ought to care about this, because how much we are spending on wildfires is affecting our ability to fund other things in this bill.
Highlighting the impact of wildfire spending on funding for other programs.
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But I’ve said from the beginning: We’re not going to try to balance the budget on the back of the tribes.
I’m pleased to see these funds allocated to help Idaho schools, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects.
We put a bunch more money into tribal justice, and that’s hard in a year when we’re trying to reduce spending at the federal level.
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