Dan Newhouse: “I thank the gentleman for focusing on a very important issue for us in the West. Every summer we hear the West is…”

“I thank the gentleman for focusing on a very important issue for us in the West. Every summer we hear the West is burning. We have got to change our policies in order to prevent the loss of property, loss of life, the detriment to our environment. I would like to turn the floor over now to someone who is--you know, we are the Western Caucus, right? But we have members from all over the country. And one of our members represents almost the furthest east in our caucus. The good gentleman from the great State of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Georgia and the beautiful community of Savannah (Mr. Carter).”