Oregon, Idaho, California, New Mexico; the Western United States is on fire. We need to do something now. The folks here probably remember last year when we looked out the window here in D.C., we saw smoke going over the top of this town and that was Oregon or what used to be part of Oregon. If we are going to avoid that, we need to do something now. To delay is to destroy. This bill, sadly, should be called the delay bill. Why? Because built into it throughout are obstacles to getting back into the forests. Obstacles in the form of foundations for litigation of all sorts, all types, and what we engage in then is paralysis through litigation. This bill creates numerous new means of delaying getting back into the woods. We cannot afford to do this. To delay is to destroy. This bill needs to be opposed.
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