Mike Kennedy: “There's a lot of people that don't really understand the…”

“When I spoke with Representative Kennedy today, he said his colleagues in D.C. aren't here and they don't see the urgency to get funding and resources into our state. Wildfires like this are not something that they experience. There's a lot of people that don't really understand the issues that we deal with with our vast federal lands. So Representative Kennedy's first recommendation, follow through with President Trump's idea to bring the U.S. forest Service headquarters to Utah. It's an A grade movement for us.” (00:37–00:43)

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