Level of their severity and reoccurrence is manmade. The facts about the relationship between management and wildfires speak for themselves. Forest service data indicates that active Forest Management reduces wildfire intensity while improving forest health. In spite of this, only 1 to 2 of high risk areas are actively treated and subject to Forest Management. The United StatesForest Service expends too many resources fighting fires after they break out, to work to prevent them in any significant way before they start. By performing routine thinning, culling hazardous fuels on the forest floors, and conducting controlled burns they could accomplish exactly that. But such a course of action would require ample resources and wise allocation. Both of these are in short supply. I hope my friends on the other side of the aisle hear. If you care about carbon emissions, you should care about this issue no matter where you live. Nasa data shows it could emit in a state for the whole year. To put it in perspective, controlled burning represents 10 and one part of an overall act of marriagement strategy. The correct choice. We spend a little more on the back nd and save on the end. These are costs year after year and they are catastrophic when they are left untreated. It requires a little bit of planning, due diligence. I know congress is a big fan of the word, but when you look at the Word Congress does president act. In response of this situation, members will be sharing their cost and experience sm we will be discussing this during the year and put this terrible wildfires. Stories that need to be reannounced. And will be seeking about the shutions and forestry first. They are also bipartisan. We captain let this be a rhetorical exercise and we are demanding that congress do something. And now we need the political will to turn that knowledge into congressional action. Only then will huge portions of the country see relief. When your home is on fire, it is straightforward and nonpartisan issue and after the problem is dealt with, you make sure that you eliminate what caused the fire so you dont see it again. Our nation was on fire this year and we need you to unite in the problem solving. Lets put these fires out and stop next years fires. In my four terms as a congressman from arizona i had to witness the largest catastrophic wildfire in history fire. Yarnell and the second was the yarnell fire is in movie theaters. Thats a travesty. This is something that gives. The people back home know the right answer of the lets give them the tools and the policy that allows them instead of being victims that gives back and as the gentleman from arkansas and Teddy Roosevelt said leave our natural resources. The speakers shared their stories. We want america to hear them loud and clear. But these and these are different. They are manmade. Lets bring this policy. He is a true advocate and smart. Thats why we want to make sure h. R. 2936 moves through the chamber and put the own us on the senate and make sure that the victims are turned upside down and are solution makers. I yield the balance of my time and i thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Under the speakers announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi, mr. Thompson for 30 minutes. Mr. Thompson i yield myself uch time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, tonight, im privileged to rise in support of recognizing a true hero in not only the state of mississippi, but this country as a hole. Hamer. E is fannie lieu im happy to say that part of who i am can be critted to my association with ms. Hamer. Before i get into my message, i would like to yield as much time gentleladyconsume to from new jersey ms. Bonnie atson coleman. Mr. Cohen i thank my congressman. Yesterday cosmopolitan should an aerial trust black women. N the article, a fellow from new jersey said black women have been a part of every Great Movement that has happened in this country. We always show up. Onight, we celebrate the birth of a black woman who always showed up. Ham emp r spoke on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and highlighted the that were preventing plaques in the south that were showing up in the ballot box. During her testimony, she recounted her 26mile journey to register to vote at the county courthouse where others were looking to do the same. On the way they encountered from state and local Law Enforcement and men and women who sought to deter them. Upon returning home, fannie lou found she had been fired from her job. According to the new york times, she said, and i quote, they kicked me off the plantation and set me free. Now i can work for my people, closed quote. Lou ran year, fannie for a candidate from ississippis 2nd Congressional District and she showed up and worked for her people. In 2014, 50 years after her testimony, residents in new jerseys 12th district elected me the first africanamerican woman to represent them here in the house of representatives. During my freshman term, i joined my colleagues, representative kelly and clarkee o form the first congressional caucus of plaque women and girls. And in 2016, i stood at the Democratic NationalConvention Standing on the shoulders of her legacy and proudly told america that this nation is stronger when everyone has a chance to succeed. She would breem with pride when my colleagues are placed at the feet of minorities and the poor that restrict their access to the vote. Ms. Ha mmp er, instead of being fiferede to exercise the right to vote, they changed polling. Aces or demanded valid im honored to stand here to honor the birthday. Walk along side her footsteps of greatness and like she did, lift as i climb. We as women of color have to be the standard bearers. We have always and will continue to fight for whats right and whats necessary, even if we move do this alone. He sexism and bigotry that run over this administration we must e awake, alert and to show up. To honor the birthday, we celebrate the strength of women, the ways we can encourage women and continue to build the future for the next generation of women ready and waiting to show up and to lead. And i yield. Thank you. One of the things i will tell you. Mr. Thompson i had the opportunity to meet mrs. Hamer at a Young College student. One of the first campaigns i worked on as a College Student as mrs. Hamers campaign for congress. Even though as you indicated, she lost. But i now represent the 2nd district of mississippi. And it was her spirit that still lives on in sunflower county, mississippi. And the majority of the population is africanamerican. At the time she registered, we d no elected officials and happy to report to you that the sheriff is africanamerican, the so her work and has not been in vein. S you also indicated the devil busy creating tricks, the disenfranchised, voter d. D. , voting polls, making it difficult for people in rural areas to get to the polls to vote especially in areas where you dont have public transportation. 100th ha mrp ers birthday should be rededicating ourselves to her legacy. D everyone loves to quote is and she is sick and tired after being sick and tired. That goes a long way with the administration being in washington now. Hamers spirit will live on. Visited n karen bass her give in mississippi and it was very touching. E community in her death has really embraced not only she, a her husband and created monument to her memory. When i was a freshman member of his body, i named the post office in louisville, mississippi after her. And im happy to say the mayor of louisville, mississippi is an africanamerican female. O mrs. Hamers and her involvement with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, all those things have made not just made mississippi but this country a better place. Affordable housing, all those things she wanted. Access to access to Affordable Health care. Many of those items she talked about. As a Christian Women she believed in nonviolence but believed indirect action. E was assaulted in the mississippi jail for advocating the right to vote. And so in spite of what she encountered, she serves as a shining example of what a truly committed individual can accomplish. So im happy to will the gentleman yield . I did not ever have the pleasure and honor of meeting her in person. Mrs. Watson coleman but i remember watching her in the democratic convention. D i remember the consciousbearing energy that evolved around that activity and made me very, very proud. Nd i would say that her work has not been in vein, but she also is smiling down, knowing that what she started, you are continuing on and you are serving on in the very district that she loved enough to fight for way back then. Its my honor to know you and you have been touched by her and that means with less than 6 disagrees separation, i have been touched by her. Mr. Thompson that convention the he tone for opening up Democratic Party to people of all races and colors. Because mrs. Hamer challenged the allwhite makeup of the mississippi delegation by saying black people couldnt participate, they were systemically excluded from the selection process. And she appealed to that convention to do better. And im happy, as you know, to report that the convention heard an hamer and decided that allwhite delegation from the state with the highest percentage of africanamericans in the country could not be justified. Nd so the delegation was not only integrated at the convention, but for a time we share the chairmanships of the party. We had a cochair that was white and a cochair that was africanamerican. So mrs. Hamers spirit still levs on lives on. Nd one of the real issues that really touches most of our hearts, a very humble person. She had the kind of spirit in her delivery that you just had to Pay Attention to. Aura when she walked in a room, that whatever you were doing you had to stop and Pay Attention to who this very simple person who came in, but every time she opened her mouth something very prophetic would come out. So for a lot of individuals who the Fannie Lou Hamer time has come and gone, i think its fitting and proper that at this 100th Birthday Celebration we recommit ourselves to many of the things that mrs. Hamer stood for. Inclusion, not leaving people out because they dont live in the big house on the hill. To make sure that our children receive the best education possible. All those things mrs. Hamer was noted for. Mrs. Watson coleman will the gentleman yield again . Because i think its vitally important on this 100th anniversary of mrs. Hamers birth to also recognize that we are still fighting for the unfettered access to the vote. And that here in congress we have the opportunity to eliminate barriers and to fix the problems with the Civil Rights Act that just negatively impacts access and unfettered access to voting. There are just so many fundamental things that we could be doing today that honor the work that she did and that she gave her lifes work to. And i want to just say in closing for me that i thank you so very much for doing this. Because i know that there are people who listen to these moments of special order hours on cspan or catch it in some other form. It is important for our communities to recognize just how significant this womans role was in ensuring that they had the access to the things that they have access to today. And to demand their right to vote and to exercise that right to vote every chance they get. So i am very grateful for you for carrying this message this evening. Mr. Thompson i thank the gentlelady for those very kind comments. But to talk about mrs. Hamer and her work is easy. It speaks for itself. I am very privileged, as i created as i indicated, to have known her, to have participated in a number of meetings. But one of the other things that she didnt, as we used to say, there were no big eyes and little big is and little yous. She saw everyone the same. So it didnt matter whether you belonged to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or the black Panther Party or the deacons for defense. You still had room at the table under mrs. Hamers tutelage. And so many of russ privileged to have known her many of us are privileged to have known her in that way and try to pattern our lives after her. The National Council of negro hard really worked very with mrs. Hamer in producing affordable housing, to make sure that farmers cooperatives could be developed in the mississippi delta. Because as some would choose to forget, mrs. Hamer was put off the plantation that she lived on because she was encouraging people to register and vote. But you know, those were the times that we all lived in and we saw it. When i ran for congress there ere people who worked on farms who would require who were required to work overtime so they couldnt go to the polls before they closed. So there were a lot of things that we saw during mrs. Hamers time, the tricks are still being played. So its in the spirit of fannie lou that we pay tribute tonight to her. Its in that spirit of fannie lou that we wish her a happy 1 u. N. Rgetbigget day 100th birthday. But its also in her spigget that spirit that, as they say in south africa, [speaking foreign language] which means the struggle continues. And so i know the Congressional Black Caucus, we call ourselves the conscience of the congress. We have to be. If we dont speak up for many of the people that mrs. Hamer loved the most, who will . We are sent here to care for on behalf of the people who cant afford to hire lobbyists. On behalf of the people who cant get on a plane and fly to washington and talk to their congressperson. On behalf of the little child who not only is struggling to get into the head start program, but whose parents are having a hard time. So our representation as members of the Congressional Black Caucus is predicated on many of the things that mrs. Hamer stood for in her lifetime. And so we cant ever forget her spirit, we cant ever forget her energy. As even though we have times members of congress to meet people from all over the world, one of the things that she used walked you know, ive among kings, but i have always kept the common touch. And its so its in that spirit that i appreciate you elping me Carry Forward this time for mrs. Hamer as she celebrates her 100th birthday. And if you have some closing comments or something youd like to add. Mrs. Watson coleman thank you. I would just like to note that there was an amazing demonstration of people in front of the Supreme Court demanding that we do something about jerrymandering. Because thats another way of negatively impacting the impact of one man and one vote. And so it is again fitting to be honoring this woman who gave her lifes work to ensuring that everybody who was eligible to vote was given the right to vote. And to eliminate any obstacles that were placed in their way. So that we could open up opportunities to elect people who would be fair in the policies that are important to ensure that theres equality of opportunity in this country for all people, predicated upon their ability to do the intellect and their willingness to work hard. And therefore the content of their character versus the color of their skin. So it is indeed an honor to have shared this moment with you. Thank you for the invitation. Mr. Thompson thank you very much. Thank you very much, mrs. Watson coleman, for your presentation. The last point id like to make is in mrs. Hamers day it was poll tax. It was how many bubbles in a bar of soap. How many grains of sand on the beach. In the moving the poll interest of saving money. But you disenfranchise people who dont have the ability to go further. Its the jerrymandering of districts so that you have the richest people in an area, in the same district as the poorest people in that area. Theres no real communities of worried and if im about paying the light bill or the rent, then theres a great possibility that i wont go vote. But if i own the house and own the car and know where my next meal is coming from, ill go vote. So we have what we call communities of interest. And mrs. Hamer talked about that. So, again, we wanted to make sure that this week did not go by without giving mrs. Hamer her due recognition for her 100th birthday. And there will be a lot of other activities after this special. Ur in memory of mrs. Hamer we have a movie that will be produced, talking about her life and legacy and her contribution to this great country of ours. I look forward to that. As well as making sure that our children and grandchildren understand that this great woman , who she was and what she meant to this country of ours. And so many of us who pattern after her. So again, thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have fine legislative days in which to five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on my special order. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Thompson thank you. And that, i yield back and i move that the house do now adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. Those in favor say aye. 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