Jeff Merkley: “This bill prepares our communities in two different ways.”

“That smoke incredibly dangerous as well. And that's why we need to pass the bipartisan Wildfire Emissions Prevention act that I'm so pleased to partner with my colleague Senator Curtis from Utah. This bill prepares our communities in two different ways. First, it makes it easier for communities to do prescribed burns. Now, if I turn the clock back about 16 years, communities would say to me, we don't want those prescribed burns.” (03:19–03:23)

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