Dan Crenshaw: “I rise in support of the Wildland Fire Management Act, which would make a small technical correction that would free up…”

“I rise in support of the Wildland Fire Management Act, which would make a small technical correction that would free up resources for fighting wildfires. When you drive from the northern end of my district in Florida to the southern end, you pass through an area that still bears the scars of wildfires from only a few years ago. Those fires devastated families, businesses, and farms. And, while we can rebuild our facilities and buy new belongings, there's a toll exacted on the people whose lives are disrupted that can never be quantified or reimbursed. Right now there are wildfires raging nearby in Florida, and there is a serious drought across the state. The concern my constituents feel is palpable. And, it is precisely because we in Florida's Fourth District understand the destruction that wildfires can cause that I support the swift passage of this legislation, which merely makes a technical correction necessary to keep the fire management tools for which Congress has already appropriated funding from drying up. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 581.”