And in the, in the Biden administration, we actually got $11 billion in our, in the budgets for the kind of mitigation that you're talking about, which is so critical. That's work that can be done on the front end. Those funds have now been cut by the Trump administration as part of the budget cuts they put in place. That's going to mean more of the burden is going to fall on Western states and Western communities, and we're going to have to find a way to work together … (02:13–02:19)
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Asserts that the Trump administration cut funds for fire mitigation.
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