… year of bipartisan negotiations and a measure that recently passed unanimously out of the Environment and Public Works Committee. As my colleague from Oregon has begun to paint the picture, Western states, including Oregon, California, and others, are confronting a crisis of wildfires that aren't just growing larger and larger every year, but more destructive every year and emitting massive amounts of toxic smoke. Now, there's no silver bullet for solving the wildfire crisis, but we know that prescribed fires, experience tells us, and the data tells us prescribed fires, one of the most effective tools in reducing hazardous fuels and preventing catastrophic wildfires. (00:36–00:56)
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Asserts that wildfires in Western states are increasing in size, destructiveness, and smoke emissions annually.
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