"I want to emphasize is the possibility of having firefighters become year round crews where they turn from firefighting to forest restoration."
"It is clear from the science that we need to restore our forests because they play a significant role in curing the climate crisis."
"Thank you very much, Senator, for making that important point."
"we cannot fail to end fire borrowing and let that return to be the norm in fiscal year 2022."
"I think it is time we try to fund the doubling of the size to $80 million."
"The Roadless Rule has been the single largest impediment to economic access in Southeast because it affects all sectors of the economy, including mining, renewable energy, and recreation and tourism."
"I am disappointed that rather than building on all of the good work done over the past few years to evaluate the impact of the roadless rule on the Tongass and the Tongass dependent communities, that ..."
"The For the People Act is a culmination of years of careful work, countless studies, expert recommendations on the needs, the issues that need to be addressed to ensure every American access to the ba..."
"I look at this as, one, the world needs to come together in this from a humanitarian, from a moral perspective."
"Then it drives resources that Congress can consider appropriating."
"We have to have a plan."