This bill will seek to cut through that red tape and directly be able to hire those wildland firefighters. And hopefully we can, depending on what the ultimate bill looks like, continue at funding levels, because we know Our firefighters on the ground in our federal forests aren't making what they should. And again, we had some additional flexibility in our back pocket to be able to give them some pay and benefits that they needed, but that needs to continue in the farm bill. (08:10–08:16)
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