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On the recordJune 3, 2013
I just hate to see us taking money out of hazardous fuel reduction, out of ecosystem restoration, out of... proactive fire management in order to fund the very real need that we need to respond to, an urgent fire situation now.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

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Heinrich criticizes funding cuts to fire prevention efforts for urgent fire response.

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