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On the recordJuly 19, 2026
Despite this ongoing emergency and a growing pattern of large-scale U.S.-Canada wildfire smoke events in recent years, there has been little public coordinated activity from the administration to combat this crisis and no indication that the federal government is working to improve its ability to address future cross-border wildfire smoke incidents.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Senator Markey discusses the lack of federal response to wildfire smoke events.

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