Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Are not forgotten and no matter how alone they feel they are not alone. The congress is paying attention but we need to Pay Attention to the people on the front lines, assuring that the right things are done in the right way at the right time. I want to associate myself with the words of my colleague, senator blunt. I couldnt say this eloquently or presume upon it i completely agree and thank you. Mister president , the real purpose of my comment is to demonstrate my support for Major General Scott Spellman of the corps of engineers who was up for promotion to Lieutenant General and has been nominated to become the chief of engineers and commanding general to replace general seminary to who is retiring, we have become acquainted with each other. We havent always agreed but i do appreciate his service, his very hard work and his accessibility especially during this covid19 pandemic. His retirement is wellearned, we wish him well. A member of the Armed Services committee and Environment
A couple of items for you all at the top. There were some good questions yesterday about the status of infrastructure law implementations. I want to bring you updates that are hopefully helpful to all of you. In the 79 days since that bill was signed, our team has hit the ground running to provide resources to help localities unlock resources so no committee is left behind. That includes over 50 billion to states for highways and roads, 14 billion for 500 army corpss projects, 500 million to states for bridges, 3 billion to repair and rebuild over 3000 airports, 1 billion to support superfund cleanup, and 230 9 billion in Port Infrastructure development grants. This is just the beginning, we will do our best to provide you all updates on the status of these funds. State, local, tribal and territorial governments will receive over 90 of funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to rebuild their communities. We mentioned yesterday about this large guidebook we had put out to provide
A couple of items for you all at the top. There were some good questions yesterday about the status of infrastructure law implementations. I want to bring you updates that are hopefully helpful to all of you. In the 79 days since that bill was signed, our team has hit the ground running to provide resources to help localities unlock resources so no committee is left behind. That includes over 50 billion to states for highways and roads, 14 billion for 500 army corpss projects, 500 million to states for bridges, 3 billion to repair and rebuild over 3000 airports, 1 billion to support superfund cleanup, and 230 9 billion in Port Infrastructure development grants. This is just the beginning, we will do our best to provide you all updates on the status of these funds. State, local, tribal and territorial governments will receive over 90 of funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to rebuild their communities. We mentioned yesterday about this large guidebook we had put out to provide