Cliff Bentz: “It is important that Congress exercise its oversight authorities over the executive branch.”

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

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

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.