Val Hoyle actually said...

"I represent Oregon's 4th Congressional District in Southwest Oregon, and the Bureau of Land Management manages over 800,000 acres of timberland in my district."

"In 2020, we lost 1.1 million acres and 4,000 homes in Oregon, and we would like to not have that happen again."

"Our national forests are faced with an incredible challenge."

"the key is the funding, and the fact of the matter is, it is more expensive to fight fires in the O&C lands in the wetter forests."