Dan Newhouse actually said...

"These fires are becoming all too frequent, becoming all too often, and all too catastrophic."

"It is symbolic of sometimes the walls that we run into in Washington, DC when we try to make substantive changes and improvements."

"I want to say thank you to all of our witnesses here today for coming and sharing with us your experiences and your perspectives."

"But hopefully, the majesty that we are witness to with the trees and the mountains and the waterfalls also gives us hope and inspiration to do the hard work and be persistent and to keep at our job so..."