On the recordOctober 15, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I could almost place ditto marks over the remarks that I made in the previous bill that we have considered, because this, too, is a compact of special arrangements between two States or more in matters of mutual interest which must be approved by the Congress, as we have stated. On this one, too, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Doc Hastings), our colleague, has been instrumental in driving it to this moment. This is the Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement, which will help the States in that region respond more quickly and more efficiently to the wildfire syndrome about which we read and learn too much, it appears. But nevertheless, this goes a long way to prevention and to quick resolution of the disastrous consequences of such wildfires.
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