This two and a half hour hearing included testimony from an interior Department Official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wyde
Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wydens, home state of thousands of lost homes and evacuated. Elsewhere we have wind driven fires that continue to spread across our federal
Washington journal. Join the discussion with your comments. Wildfires continue to burn along the west coast, a public works subcommittee considers legislative options for addressing the wildfires in force management. This hearing includes testimony from an interior Department Official and the deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills before the public lands subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills, i cant go through all of them right now. The agenda will be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee, a longtime member of the senate. Weve got members who will be joining us shortly, who will have another Committee Assignment at the moment. Others will be joining us telephonically. Lossoflifeognize that has occurred. Within what is shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season, more than 36 people have perished in infernos raging through the wes
Comcast along with these Television Support cspan2 has a public service. Welcome to afterwards on book tv. Who was reporting to . Title based on conversation i had with President Trump as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior and i sat down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as deputy secretary and in the discussion we got into the discussion and i said good right report to . He said you report to me which was a difference perspective. I expected to be told i chief of staff or someone else so i walked out with that in my memory and it turned out it was true as i worked with the president i discussed issues with them and hee made inputs he wanted to make and it turned into a working relationship that was efficient and different than the experiences i experienced so i use that title as you be the book, it has a broader version. My view is all of the individuals whether in Civil Service or elected officials or the judiciary u
Unbiased, word for word, from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. David, welcome to after words on book tv. Your book is titled you report to me, where did that title come from . Who was reporting to who . Well, that book is really titled based on a conversation i had with President Trump right as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior. And i sat down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as deputy secretary and in our discussion, we got to the end of the discussion, and i said to him, who do i report to . He said you report to me, which was a very different perspective than i expected. I expected to be told i reported to the chief of staff or someone else. And so, i walked out of there, out of the oval office with that crystallized in my memory and it turned out that it was actually true, that as i worked wit