Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Okay, first Budget Hearing in the energy committee, so nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. For us service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to welcome you back to the committee. Thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately its up to us to determine what programs to fund and what levels. Although this years budget request is far from pur infect, i agree that the priority must be on wild land Fire Management and improving the health of our forests. Im encouraged that the administration is proposing to invest significantly in harshazardous fuel reduction and other activities. We know they pay dividends in reducing the risk
Nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. Forest service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to be able to welcome you back to the committee, thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately, it is up to us to determine what programs to fund and what levels. Although this years budget request is far from perfect, i agree that the priority must be on Wildland Fire Management and improving the health of our forests. Im encouraged that the administration is proposing to invest significantly in hazardous fuel reduction and other active Forest Management activities. We know such investments pay dividends in reducing the risk of severe wildfire. Hopefully we will see this important work planned
Federal officials will testify on the Coronavirus Response before a house subcommittee. Watch that live thursday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Online at cspan. Org, or listen live with the free cspan radio app. U. S. Forest service chief vic Vicki Christiansen testified on if the president s 2021 budget request before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. During the hearing they discussed forecast management, recreational permits, Sexual Harassment in the workplace, Forest Restoration efforts and Fire Prevention. The meeting will come to order. Okay, first first Budget Hearing in the energy committee. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. Forest service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to welcome you back to the committee. Thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to lea
Go nats. Were here today talking about good things, reclation. And im going to keep my comments bereave because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well. But we have three pieces this morning that were kring, s 1665 which is sim pli fooigs access act. Senator hien lak calls it the sore act. I like the acronym. S1723, the ski area fee retention. We all love skiing. Already. Extraordinary. Cant wait. S1967, the reclation not red tape act from senator widen. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focused on improsk access ichb structure and permitting to meet the demand on our federal lands. The proposals that were looking at today i think are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator hien wick and widen have put forward legislation to streamline the systems in place to process permits for our outfitters, guides and nonprofits. Senator gardners bill would help facilitate the private inve
Morning, everyone, the committee will come to order. Happy halloween. Happy world series. Everybody stayed up late watching the game. Kind of exciting. Kind of exciting. So we are here to talk about good things, recreation, and im going to keep my comments brief because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well but we have three pieces this morning that were considering, s1665, which is the simplifying Outdoor Access for recreation act. Senator heinrich calls it the s. O. A. R. Act. I like the acronym there, pretty good. S1723, the ski area fee retention act from senator gardner. We all love skiing, or we love skiing. I cant wait. S1967, the recreation not red tape act from senator wyden. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focus in improving access, infrastructure and permitting to meet the increasing demands to provide highquality recreation opportunities on our federal lands. So the pro