Angie Craig: “I appreciate the passion by which the Senator from California approaches this issue. I would like to have her attention…”

“I appreciate the passion by which the Senator from California approaches this issue. I would like to have her attention for a few moments because she is most sincere in what she says. Forest scientists--not a year ago--5 years ago, were pleading with us to create activity in our forests and in San Bernardino to stop a catastrophic fire that was going to happen someday. Yet this Senate-- and my guess is, the vote of the Senator from California--denied those kinds of actions, a more interactive approach and active thinning and cleaning. We have been talking about forest health on the floor of this Senate not for 1 year, not for 2 years, not for 3 years, but 5 years. Why?”