The committee will come to order. Wildfires are an increasing threat to our country. They have burned more land and put more communities in danger. Last year alone, wildfires affected americans from hawaii to the great smoky mountains. This year, it is likely to get worse. As we sit here today, communities in texas just finished fighting the largest wildfire in the history of that state. It burned almost 1. 4 million acres of land, taking lives, damaging houses, devastating agriculture, displacing families, leaving property across the Northern Edge of the state in ruin. The last wildfire in maui was absolutely catastrophic. It took the lives of over 100 people and shouter countless communities. It was the deadliest wildfire in our country in over a century. The council of native american advancement and the mayor of the county has submitted testimony regarding the ongoing testimony from malley and we offer them into the hearing record with no objection. These are just a few of the exam
The committee will come to order. Wildfires are an increasing threat to our country. They have burned more land and put more communities in danger. Last year alone, wildfires affected americans from hawaii to the great smoky mountains. This year, it is likely to get worse. As we sit here today, communities in texas just finished fighting the largest wildfire in the history of that state. It burned almost 1. 4 million acres of land, taking lives, damaging houses, devastating agriculture, displacing families, leaving property across the Northern Edge of the state in ruin. The last wildfire in maui was absolutely catastrophic. It took the lives of over 100 people and shouter countless communities. It was the deadliest wildfire in our country in over a century. The council of native american advancement and the mayor of the county has submitted testimony regarding the ongoing testimony from malley and we offer them into the hearing record with no objection. These are just a few of the exam
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[inaudible conversations] the committee will come back to order. The gentleman from montana. Thank you very much. Thank you for joining us and i hope you didnt sever too much anxiety taking that Community Back to washington. A little bit of ptsd with the. One of the things i like to paraphrase is dwight eisenhower, listen from disinformation of information from of my colleagues on the other side. Dwight eisenhower said it looks easy when you live 1000 miles away from a cornfield that is exactly the problem in this body on a daily basis. Too many people are making decisions about Land Management in our part of the world they are not familiar with at all and unfortunately we have people making those decisions such as a director who was a known collaborator with ecoterrorist and secretary of interior who will provide documents and lobbying efforts that certainly doesnt help matters. Sadly to hold his hearing so that we, the people impacted the most by it can get Accurate Information about
[inaudible conversatns] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come back to order. The gentleman from montana. Thank you very much. Thank you for joining us and i hope you didnt sever too much anxiety taking that Community Back to washington. A little bit of ptsd with the. One of the things i like to paraphrase is dwight eisenhower, listen from disinformation of information from of my colleagues on the other side. Dwight eisenhower said it looks easy when you live 1000 miles away from a cornfield that is exactly the problem in this body on a daily basis. Too many people are making decisions about Land Management in our part of the world they are not familiar with at all and unfortunately we have people making those decisions such as a director who was a known collaborator with ecoterrorist and secretary of interior who will provide documents and lobbying efforts that certainly doesnt help matters. Sadly to hold his hearing so that we, the people impacted the most by it can get Ac