Political Quotes

“over the last several weeks I have spent a lot of time traveling around my home State of Wyoming, and the Presiding Officer may have in his home State of Arkansas as well. We all do. We talk to a lot of people and hear from a lot of people as we travel around to the rodeos, the fairs, and the parades. One of the things I have been hearing more and more about because I am seeing it daily in Wyoming--I know both Senator Daines and Senator Tester, both Senators from Montana have talked about it--has been the incredible forest fires that have been raging in the West. There are more than 1 million acres of land burning in the West. Smoke is spreading all around the West, certainly in Wyoming--fire as well as smoke--impacting people, impacting land, impacting the soil, air, water, and impacting life, as well as property. The damage that is happening is dramatic, and in many ways it is similar to the kinds of comprehensive damage and destruction we are seeing with the big storms hitting, like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which is on its way to Florida. These are incredible storms, and the people of Wyoming want to express and share their sympathy for the people who have lost family members, who have lost property, and those who are still in danger.…”