Maria Cantwell actually said...

"To me, that's a national priority, to protect those forests."

"Clearly you have put on the table some new ideas and points of direction that we should go in."

"So you are saying both stop the fire borrowing so that we have more money in advance to actually do fuel reduction preparedness, but then, in addition, be ready for more rapid response with a differen..."

"All of the witnesses mentioned these community preparedness plans. In some cases, I think, we are talking about everything from building codes to boundaries to communications about best practices."