John Barrasso actually said...

These hot, fast-moving fires are unpredictable and cause significant damage to the ecosystem and surrounding communities.

I appreciate the invitation and opportunity to speak today on behalf of a bill that I introduced in August.

I believe my bill being discussed here today offers commonsense solutions that would help solve our problems of declining forest health.

There are things that we can do to make our forests more resilient and to restore a more natural role of fire in our ecosystem.