Cliff Bentz: “Yes, I think the phrase I was using was 'natural born killer.' And people can make fun of that, but it is the truth.”

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

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

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.

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.