Haley Stevens: “On the managers' amendment, none of us had ever seen it. It was just presented. I notice that it is now an emergency for…”

“On the managers' amendment, none of us had ever seen it. It was just presented. I notice that it is now an emergency for an additional amount for State and private forestry, $750,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Spruce Bark Beetle Task Force for emergency response and communications equipment, and $1.75 million to be provided to the municipality of Anchorage for emergency firefighting equipment and response to respond to wildfires in Spruce bark beetle-infested forests. Provided, that such amount shall be provided as direct lump sum payments within 30 days of enactment of this act. That is an unusual amendment. There are forest fires all over the West, including in my State. But, again, here is a managers' amendment worth many millions of dollars which none of us had seen or heard about, but we will go ahead and pass it by a voice vote. On the issue of the B-1, I believe very strongly that what we are doing is micromanaging the Department of Defense.”