Maria Cantwell: “just for the notice of our colleagues, I should say we are still trying to work out other amendments, including the…”

At today’s briefing with Sec. Burgum, U.S. Wildland Fire Service Chief Brian Fennessy, and local fire chiefs, we discussed the next steps in responding to the fires and collecting information for a federal disaster declaration.

It is the transformative element that might get somebody from just existing to thriving again.

But despite these advancements, we've seen 14,000 young people remain unstably housed or homeless, which makes this development project so much more important.

I ask our fellow Washingtonians to help this region, to be as patient as you can, to listen to what the first responders are saying because we're not out of danger yet.