John Barrasso

My legislation, the RANCH Act, would effectively double this contribution without raising grazing fees or the deficit.

I know that President Biden is singularly focused on forcing every American into an electric vehicle, no matter the cost, no matter the consequences.

I won't want to make it be a trend that we are willing to give up on fuel reduction and watershed health.

Why is the Forest Service prioritizing electric vehicles over public safety and fighting forest fires and allowing first responders access to the area?

We are hoping that the agency could use its Good Neighbor Authority to allow states to help complete needed permitting reviews themselves, do it themselves without having to go further.

What is the rationale, when I have already outlined earlier how many acres have burned and the threats that we have in Wyoming?

So is the Forest Service planning to designate areas in Wyoming in the future?

Thanks so much, Madam Chairman.

The letter details our concern over our home State of Wyoming's exclusion from the ten-year strategy to address the wildfire crisis.

In four of the past five years, Wyoming has been hit by numerous destructive fires.

Wyoming is the only state located on or west of the Rocky Mountains that has not received funding under this strategy--the only state--of all of those.

This is a pattern of neglect that simply must change.

I know that President Biden is singularly focused on forcing every American into an electric vehicle, no matter the cost, no matter the consequences.

You know, you look at this and say, why is the Forest Service prioritizing electric vehicles over public safety and fighting forest fires and allowing first responders access to the area?

It does seem that there is a reallocation issue that I would prefer had gone a different direction.

So is the Forest Service planning to designate areas in Wyoming in the future?

Much like other western states, Wyoming is highly vulnerable to wildfires.

My legislation, the RANCH Act, would effectively double this contribution without raising grazing fees or the deficit.

Well, I won't want to make it be a trend that we are willing to give up on fuel reduction and watershed health.

We are hoping that the agency could use its Good Neighbor Authority to allow states to help complete needed permitting reviews themselves, do it themselves without having to go further.

What is the rationale, when I have already outlined earlier how many acres have burned and the threats that we have in Wyoming?

Thanks so much, Madam Chairman.

This is a pattern of neglect that simply must change.

The Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior issued a proposed rule that seeks to lock Americans out of their public lands.

The Bureau of Land Management... issued a proposed rule that seeks to lock Americans out of their public lands.