Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
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and questioning them and what's happening and having shadow hearings and highlighting what is going on when we find out and keeping that pressure on this administration. I think it is so important. The administration would like nothing for... Literally, would like us as Democrats to act as Republicans are acting right now and just give it all away and just, you know, be a rubber stamp.
and questioning them and what's happening and having shadow hearings and highlighting what is going on when we find out and keeping that pressure on this administration. I think it is so important. The administration would like nothing for... Literally, would like us as Democrats to act as Republicans are acting right now and just give it all away and just, you know, be a rubber stamp.
and questioning them and what's happening and having shadow hearings and highlighting what is going on when we find out and keeping that pressure on this administration. I think it is so important. The administration would like nothing for... Literally, would like us as Democrats to act as Republicans are acting right now and just give it all away and just, you know, be a rubber stamp.
There's no way in hell I'm going to be a rubber stamp. I will never be. And that's the important part of moving forward in Congress as we challenge this administration on the bad things that they are doing. Let me highlight something that, again, is a rage for me. I come from a Western state. We are having wildfires in the West that are lasting now longer than they traditionally did.
There's no way in hell I'm going to be a rubber stamp. I will never be. And that's the important part of moving forward in Congress as we challenge this administration on the bad things that they are doing. Let me highlight something that, again, is a rage for me. I come from a Western state. We are having wildfires in the West that are lasting now longer than they traditionally did.
There's no way in hell I'm going to be a rubber stamp. I will never be. And that's the important part of moving forward in Congress as we challenge this administration on the bad things that they are doing. Let me highlight something that, again, is a rage for me. I come from a Western state. We are having wildfires in the West that are lasting now longer than they traditionally did.
It would usually be a month, maybe a couple of months, a season. They're now happening all year long. And we need resources to fight those fires, not only for the prevention of those fires, but the suppression and remediation. My colleagues and I, in a bipartisan way, we put almost about $8 billion into Western wildfire support.
It would usually be a month, maybe a couple of months, a season. They're now happening all year long. And we need resources to fight those fires, not only for the prevention of those fires, but the suppression and remediation. My colleagues and I, in a bipartisan way, we put almost about $8 billion into Western wildfire support.
It would usually be a month, maybe a couple of months, a season. They're now happening all year long. And we need resources to fight those fires, not only for the prevention of those fires, but the suppression and remediation. My colleagues and I, in a bipartisan way, we put almost about $8 billion into Western wildfire support.
This administration just recently has come along, has eliminated all of that funding that went to reduce the fuels for those fires, the contractors that were out there reducing the fuels for those fires, eliminated the positions for the wildfire firefighters, and has put stop orders on a number of things.
This administration just recently has come along, has eliminated all of that funding that went to reduce the fuels for those fires, the contractors that were out there reducing the fuels for those fires, eliminated the positions for the wildfire firefighters, and has put stop orders on a number of things.
This administration just recently has come along, has eliminated all of that funding that went to reduce the fuels for those fires, the contractors that were out there reducing the fuels for those fires, eliminated the positions for the wildfire firefighters, and has put stop orders on a number of things.
So I can guarantee you, and I can tell you right now after talking to some of my folks at home, everybody's in a panic mode about the next wildfire season and how devastating it may be, not just to our rural communities, but to our urban areas as well. That's the challenge we have is getting this administration
So I can guarantee you, and I can tell you right now after talking to some of my folks at home, everybody's in a panic mode about the next wildfire season and how devastating it may be, not just to our rural communities, but to our urban areas as well. That's the challenge we have is getting this administration
So I can guarantee you, and I can tell you right now after talking to some of my folks at home, everybody's in a panic mode about the next wildfire season and how devastating it may be, not just to our rural communities, but to our urban areas as well. That's the challenge we have is getting this administration
to understand the real impacts that they're having when they're making decisions in Washington, D.C., and that it is going to cost people's lives and their homes. And it really requires that conversation to take place. And for me, that means my Republican colleagues need to step up, some of them. Can't be a rubber stamp on this. We need to step up. They need to be there as well.
to understand the real impacts that they're having when they're making decisions in Washington, D.C., and that it is going to cost people's lives and their homes. And it really requires that conversation to take place. And for me, that means my Republican colleagues need to step up, some of them. Can't be a rubber stamp on this. We need to step up. They need to be there as well.
to understand the real impacts that they're having when they're making decisions in Washington, D.C., and that it is going to cost people's lives and their homes. And it really requires that conversation to take place. And for me, that means my Republican colleagues need to step up, some of them. Can't be a rubber stamp on this. We need to step up. They need to be there as well.
Pushing back in a bipartisan way is so important in this administration. Standing up for this branch of government, as you well know, First branch of government, checks and balances are so important. And we've got to fight for that. We've got to fight for that moving forward in this Congress. But Jessica, you know, you said it.
Pushing back in a bipartisan way is so important in this administration. Standing up for this branch of government, as you well know, First branch of government, checks and balances are so important. And we've got to fight for that. We've got to fight for that moving forward in this Congress. But Jessica, you know, you said it.