Bruce Westerman calls out Chuck Schumer for rejecting forest fire bill
As wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) claimed that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) opted out of an opportunity to legislate federal protections to ...
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California wildfires give forest bills a push in the House
A bill to speed forest-thinning on federal lands is poised to pass the House later this week. Another forest-related bill ...
Lawmakers push forest management bill amid California wildfires
As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California, lawmakers say reforms to forest management are desperately needed, ...
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Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) Reports Fix Our Forests Act Reintroduced and Slated for Consideration on U.S. House Floor Tuesday
USFS H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act Meeting on Tuesday in the U.S. House January 19, 2025 - The Rural County Representatives of ...
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This Bill to Reduce Wildfires Might Actually Make Them Worse
The Fix Our Forests Act, co-sponsored by a Republican receiving substantial donations from the logging industry, makes it easier to bypass environmental review on federal lands.
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California Congressman Josh Harder Announces House Passes Largest Wildfire Prevention Bill in History
Harder helped introduce the Fix Our Forests Act with House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and a bipartisan ...
Republicans want to prevent wildfires. But GOP leaders are making it hard to get disaster aid
Some Republican leaders insist that before California can get disaster aid, there will be conditions attached.
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U.S. House passes bipartisan Westerman bill on forest management
The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Thursday addressing forest management through expediting ...