Cliff Bentz

So the market exists now. The issue is, will we have this additional $2.40 to make it actually work?

What you would do is you’d go back to those existing roads that have been abandoned and you would cut the trees out of them and presto, you have your road back.

One of the things that’s a huge challenge is access to get firefighters in so they can fight these fires.

And then you stack the California subsidy on top of that and perhaps the Oregon subsidy on top of that.

Absolutely. I don’t have a study yet that shows exactly how great that demand is.

Does the government have to support this effort? And the answer is yes.

“The horrific wildfires in the West have cost families their property, homes, and in some cases, their jobs,” Rep. Bentz said.

The way this works, you harvest this data from millions of people.

The horrific wildfires in the West have cost families their property, homes, and in some cases, their jobs.

People who lose their homes and wages due to wildfire should not be taxed on the funds they received as result of these disasters.

Mr. Chairman, this is an excellent bill, and we need it in Oregon. We have 30 million acres of trees. We absolutely need what this bill would provide.

I rise to honor Doug LaMalfa, my good friend. His office is right across from mine and his district is right across from mine in California from Oregon. This meant we worked together over and over again on issues involving water to try to…

The president wants to make sure the nation doesn't go broke.

I support Trump doing his best to exercise his legal power to reduce federal spending.

If you just came to yell, I can leave.

You should be here to speak with me.

It is difficult for me, when I hear remarks, Dr. Redfern, where you say, we can save these whales if we would just do something like get all the boats off the ocean.

This needs attention.

This effort builds on similar pieces of legislation that this Committee has advanced this Congress.

I just want to say a couple of words about how important it is that we get back into our forests.

We should prioritize Federal water investments that protect, preserve, and optimize our over-exploited water supplies instead of big, controversial projects.

There is little disagreement on the fact that you do have billions and billions and billions of dollars to spend.

I want those permits renewed.

It seems to be the exact opposite of, shall we say, any extractive activity.