The coalition that developed this legislation anticipated the realities of hotter, drier conditions that are driving fires like those, and included measures that to try to help address them, to look ahead, to prepare for the future. GORP insures federal land managers who can continue to fight fires with all the available tools and includes provisions to continue hazardous waste reduction work. As evidence of the broad coalition behind this legislation, I've brought over two dozen letters of support from local governments, tribes, public land users, and over 100 local businesses. (02:46–02:58)
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