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Joe Neguse: “Upwards of 3,000 red card holders have been terminated from…”

Featuring: Joe Neguse, Democratic | U.S. House Colorado, 2nd Congressional District

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Colorado Representative Questions Forest Service Workforce Cuts Impact on Wildfire Preparedness

Published | Video Starts at 02:41

And it's in regards to the wildfire season that we're, of course, preparing for in Colorado and across the Rocky Mountain West. As you know, there are many individuals at the Forest Service who were unceremoniously purged from the … Upwards of 3,000 red card holders have been terminated from the Forest Service by the Trump administration. … I'll take back some of the information you had shared earlier to my colleagues. As far as I don't have the exact number on the red card, and we can get that for you and submit that. (02:41–02:51)

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