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On the recordApril 18, 2023
Senators Wyden, Risch, and I, along with others, worked hard to successfully end the practice of fire borrowing, and we must ensure that the Forest Service does not return to that practice of robbing non-fire accounts to cover fire costs.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell emphasizes the importance of ending fire borrowing practices to protect funding for firefighting.

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