A forest management bill is slated for House floor debate this week. Other wildfire bills have been introduced in the Senate.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR)– As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California ... what we’re doing is not working,” said Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.). Westerman sponsored the Fix Our ...
Some Republican leaders insist that before California can get disaster aid, there will be conditions attached.
A bill to speed forest-thinning on federal lands is poised to pass the House later this week. Another forest-related bill passed easily Tuesday.
Bruce Westerman (R-AR ... of power lines long before this month’s windstorm toppled a power line in Southern California and sparked one of the various fires. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi ...
Harder helped introduce the Fix Our Forests Act with House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and a bipartisan coalition of more than 50 Members. Watch Harder’s speech on the House floor celebrating passage of this legislation here. Source: Congressman Josh Harder
The House passed the Fix Our Forests Act along bipartisan lines on Thursday as a response to the devastating wildfires in California ... Scott Peters (D-CA) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR), passed ...
As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California, lawmakers say reforms to forest management are desperately needed, and the country cannot wait any longer.
Southern California has been devastated by ... Scott Peters, D-San Diego, and Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., have teamed up to push the “Fix our Forests Act,” that would expedite environmental ...
California Democrats blocked a Republican amendment to add $1 billion in wildfire prevention funding to the state's $2.5 billion wildfire recovery bill during a simple procedural
There have also been some discussions of tying “forestry management” to a bipartisan disaster aid push, but House Natural Resources Committee Chair and bill sponsor Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
Critical fire weather conditions continued for areas of Southern California on Wednesday, continuing weeks of wildfires that have wreaked havoc. Red flag warnings were in effect until Thursday ...