Debbie Dingell: “I say to my colleague, I deeply agree that these fires are horrific in what they are doing to our natural resources and…”

“I say to my colleague, I deeply agree that these fires are horrific in what they are doing to our natural resources and our habitat, but that is why this bill is so important. It is not Washington telling the States or the Native lands or territories in the Native lands what to do. It is the State wildlife plans that are being drafted at the local level where they know what needs to be done that we will be funding and trying to prevent fires like that. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the very distinguished gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), the chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, who leads all of us on so many of these issues.”