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
Couple of days of this bad air quality but i can to urgent care, have an opening and shutting all day long, people going in with elements of hard to breathe times, runny eyes, headache, you name it, some people thinking do i have covid, or is it related to bad air . Despite cabin fever, doctors say hunker down, bay area. That means stay inside with windows and doors shut and yes, that means no outdoor exercising. I figured i would go in, but it definitely is a bit of a concern. Reporter as the bathtub momentarily to do my interview, hes with the bay Area Management district. Justin kier i see some ash coming on tonight peter screen but i dont feel like i am breathing in that particulate matter. That is deceiving, correct . It is, and the ash is large and it is heavy into the wall and out of the air and it is disturbing, and bothersome the truth is, it is the fine particulates that are pretty much invisible to the naked eye. Dr. Say that is what we are breathing deep into our respirator
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 92, the nays are 4. And the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california shall
Just ripped through here behind me is one of those homes that was impacted by the flames you can see whats left is just the rubble and you know madgen coming home to this no home at all and just having to deal in rebuild from this is just so traumatic, its something you know the north bay has been through and now they have to go through it again because of the ellen new lightning complex over a 1000 structures, including homes like this one have been destroyed all across the law known at a lake in sonoma counties. This area and many others are still under a mandatory Evacuation Order however officials have started lifting and let that order just for the day to let families visit their properties to assess the damage all the while cal fire has gained containment, its now up to 35 contained as robin said earlier, but its grown to just under 370,000 acres now we caught up with a family who is having to deal with rebuilding it theyre going to have to do it at some but a woman told us exact