Joe Manchin

Thank you for being here today, you live in the greatest country in the world, the United States of America.

There is not a person here, Republican or Democrat, you hear a lot about politics, you have united Congress.

You are the hope of America. You are sitting here today, you are our hope.

Thank you for being here today, you live in the greatest country in the world, the United States of America.

You have united Congress. You made us all understand it is not about politics, it is about each individual having the opportunity for quality of life.

I include with this testimony the text of a letter of support for its companion bill in the Senate.

We are not saying, aggressively. Some of these nurses know better than what anybody else knows.

Well, this is what I was saying, too. I have been told basically--and I have talked to a lot of our servicemembers who have been deployed, and they are able to get anything they want, any concoction they want, just to get through the day.

if you all did not call and raise so much Cain with us about because we will not give veterans their drugs they want

Because my whole State should be.

Thanks to Chairman Stauber, Ranking Member Ocasio-Cortez, and all who have worked on this bill.

We have got to do something.

We do not have one city or one town over 50,000 population. So we are a State of towns and about 1,800,000 people.

You got to be kidding me. This is----

I look forward to answering questions you may have.

I am hopeful that in this Congress we can actually act on these badly needed reforms.

The only way to ensure that we have enough firefighters to defend our forests into the future is to ensure that they are fully supported and compensated.

In fact, in the last two decades, the top four largest wildfires in human history have occurred in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

We have essentially created a perfect storm.

Because most of our Committee members are now intimately familiar with the causes and impacts of wildfires, we are going to spend much of our time this morning focusing on the firefighter workforce.

Some of my colleagues on the Committee, particularly those from the western states, have much more firsthand experience with the impact of wildfires than some of us.

Also, the acres burned annually have doubled in the past 30 years and are forecasted to double again in the next 30 years.

the only real ally among Democrats.

It shows you that the extreme left was pushing so hard not to even negotiate.

I think it's harmful. It shows you that the extreme left was pushing so hard not to even negotiate.