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Tom Tiffany: “$9 million worth of medicine would have prevented billions…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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'Delay... Equals Death': Tom Tiffany Throws Support Behind Bill On Prescribed Forest Burns

Published | Video Starts at 00:57

I mean, think about Los Angeles. We heard testimony. I believe it was in the Federal Land Subcommittee just a few weeks ago. $9 million worth of medicine would have prevented billions of dollars of damage [from wildfires]. And these are the type of things that we should be doing. Because delay in dealing with the problems that we have equals death. (00:57–01:04)

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Asserts that a $9 million investment in preventative measures could have averted billions in wildfire damage.

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