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On the recordAugust 26, 2015
So with these numbers in mind, do each of you agree that we must increase the pace of treatment using both prescribed fire, mechanical methods and other things to reduce the severity and the size of wildfires?
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso emphasizes the need to accelerate wildfire treatment methods.

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