westerman: thank you, madam speaker. the gentleman from minnesota has invited me to minnesota to fish before and it's a lovely time of year to fish in minnesota if you like fishing through a little hole in the eyes. aim sure would be -- in the ice i'm sure would be great on lake winni. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for three minutes. mr. stauber: to the ranking member, it's 37 below in minnesota with a wind chill. from california come on over. madam speaker, i rise today in support of my i rise in support of my bill, the lake winnibigoshish land exchange act. it's located in the boundaries of the chippewa national forest and home to bowen lodge, a premier family-owned fishing lodge. bowen lodge has been open and welcoming guests since 1925. for the past four decades, bill and gayle hyde and their family have operated bowen lodge, serving as great stewards of lake winni, providing great fishing memories for minnesotan

westerman: i agree. the reason that amendment was made in order, we have not provided additional funding for firefighters in the appropriations bill. i have voted for and a lot of others have voted for. rep. huffman: mr. ranking member, that finding is in limbo. we are operating under a cr because of republican politics. the long-term security of that funding is totally unresolved. could have been in this bill but right now we have a few more weeks. rep. mcgovern: if we want to help the firefighters, we need to make this in order. the yield back. chair foxx: thank you. you are recognized. >> i think both of you for testifying. mr. westerman, would any of this have an impact in california in your opinion? rep. westerman: had it been implemented years ago and the work had been done, it absolutely would have had an effect. i don't want to create the wrong idea of the severity of these fires. i've been in this area and flown over in helicopter. what we think of as traditional forest is not what you see in so

westerman. mr. westerman: mr. chairman, i rise in strong support of h.r. 471, the fix our forests act, a bipartisan bill i'm leading with representative peters and 16 other democrats and 36 additional republican co-sponsors. our prayers are with the people of california as they are enduring or ren douse wildfires and experiencing loss of life and property. we have a unique opportunity today to put feet to those prayers abprevent those tragedies from happening again in the future. there are two reasons why we can't afford to wait any longer to reform forest management policies in this country. number one, the stakes are too high. and number two, what we're doing is not working. first, let's talk about the stakes. the los angeles wildfires have caused unimaginable damage and will likely become the costliest in american history. early estimates suggest upwards of $250 billion in damages. more than more than 16,000 structures, homes, schools, grocery stores, entire neighborhoods, and communities have burned. and sadly

congressman peters and then westerman. >> i don't think anything has changed really, bret.s in the senate to pass anything. you are going to need both parties to do anything. what bruce and i have done come together. we usually disagree. we usually don't vote together. we came together in an area where we saw some agreement. we made a proposal. weave made a bill. we followed the facts. we come up with a really good response to a problem vexing the whole country. >> bret: congressman westerman? >> yeah. i think what scott said is very accurate. you have got to find something you have common interest in and stick to the facts and work together and hear the other side out. that's exactly what we did on this bill. we actually started out on a bill called the save sequoias act we lost 20% of them on the face of the earth due to catastrophic wildfires. so, we took what we put together in the save our sequoias act. we applied it broader fix our forest act. it's been a long time in the making with a lot of give and take and a lot of listening. and i think we have got a great produc

westerman. rep. westerman: thank you to the witnesses for being here today. you know, as we consider this important reauthorization, we have to face the fact that we have a real problem in our country that we can't really build things anymore. you know, it took 35 years to build the 1st 42,000 miles of interstate highway, and in the last 34 we've built 7000 miles. it's not just that we can't build, we can't really maintain and repair like we're capable of doing. and it's almost to the point of ridiculousness. i have a forest service road in my district that had a couple of landslides. this is a gravel road in a very remote area, and so far there's been $6 million of grants awarded to fix the road, but the timeline is maybe six years. and to tell you the truth, nobody really knows who's on first and who's on second and how this is going to get done. and we can do much better than that as a country, and we know that time is money. these delays cost things. and mr. dellinger, you know, as a user of the highway system, i think you said in your testimony $109 bill

westerman. mr. westerman: i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. kennedy, for five minutes. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the extraordinary life of dr. nellie b. king. a trailblazer, educator, mentor and a dear friend whose impact on western new york will resonate for generations to come. dr. king exemplified what it means to dedicate one's life of service, excellence and empowerment, particularly to the youth of western new york. but to all her fellow human beings. born and raised in foxworth, mississippi, dr. king's journey from humble beginnings to becoming an educational pioneer is a testament to her resilience and determination. she earned her b.a. in social studies from a historically black college, followed by advanced degrees in education from two other

host: representative bruce westerman, thank you for joining us today. host: welcome to washington journal, we will start with a portion from the oval office where president trump is signing the executive order and gave a few comments to the press. >> this next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th amendment. pres. trump: that is a good one, birthright, a big one. could be. we think we have a good ground but you could be right, you will find out. it is ridiculous, we are the only country in the world that does this with birthright as you know. it's absolutely ridiculous but we will see.

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westerman, has been working a long time on this, it's a very practical and bipartisan plan to tackle the wildfire crisis and finally start managing the forests correctly. we see the destruction, excuse me. one fire in my district called the dixie fire was a million acres. several other fires in the six-digit number, the north complex. the camp fire, several hundred thousand acres, but also took 85 lives of the town of paradise. and what we're seeing is -- in the destruction in los angeles, we have -- it's unspeakable what's going on down there. and unfortunately i've already lived that in 3 1/2 communities of mine in the north state that are almost completely lost in fires the last few years. pardon me. it's heartbreaking and it's mostly avoidable. you know, you're going to have fires, they're going to happen. but if you have managed lands, then it's much easier to put fires out and control it. so when you look at the picture here, a managed forest is a better forest, it's better for the forest health itself. it's better for the wildlife in it. it's much easier to control fire and pu

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we are joined by representative bruce westerman, a republican of arkansas and chair of the natural resources committee. welcome to the program. guest: good morning. host: you are the chair of the national resources committee, can you talk about your priorities and your goals. guest: we have a lot of work to do and if you look at the jurisdiction of the committee, a lot of that is energy and minerals so energy production and mining, we are going to be a huge part of the work of -- that we do. but we have jurisdiction over federal lands, forestry, and fisheries and indian and insular affairs. we have a full work load not to mention california water, wildlife and fisheries. lots of things will be on our plate. but we had a good run last congress and we got a lot of bills passed and signed into law. we had the explore act which is the first outdoor recreation bill and this was a large bipartisan bill that was so popular that it passed out of committee unanimously. it passed out of the house unanimously and then the senate unanimously and president biden signed it into law. we are excited about o

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host: representative bruce westerman, thank you for joining us today. host: welcome to washington journal, we will start with a portion from the oval office where president trump is signing the executive order and gave a few comments to the press. >> this next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th amendment. pres. trump: that is a good one, birthright, a big one. could be. we think we have a good ground but you could be right, you will find out. it is ridiculous, we are the only country in the world that does this with birthright as you know. it's absolutely ridiculous but we will see. we think we have very good grounds. people have wanted to do this for decades. host: here is what the washington post says, it says what is birthright citizenship and which countries have at? president trump has falsely claimed the u.s. is alone in offering citizenship as a birthright. more than 30 countries do but some have rolled it back. this is from the washington examiner, federal judge temporarily halts birthright citizenship order

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westerman. rep. westerman: thank you to the witnesses for being here today. you know, as we consider this important reauthorization, we have to face the fact that we have a real problem in our country that we can't really build things anymore. you know, it took 35 years to build the 1st 42,000 miles of interstate highway, and in the last 34 we've built 7000 miles. it's not just that we can't build, we can't really maintain and repair like we're capable of doing. and it's almost to the point of ridiculousness. i have a forest service road in my district that had a couple of landslides. this is a gravel road in a very remote area, and so far there's been $6 million of grants awarded to fix the road, but the timeline is maybe six years. and to tell you the truth, nobody really knows who's on first and who's on second and how this is going to get done. and we can do much better than that as a country, and we know that time is money. these delays cost things. and mr. dellinger, you know, as a user of the highway system, i think you said in your testimony $109 bill

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i want to thank chairman westerman for his commonsense piece of legislation that we're discussing this afternoon. this is a new day in america. the days of forestry mismanagement are coming to an end. for far too long, our national forests and the communities that surround them have been at the mercy of unelected federal bureaucrats who have become beholden to misguided environmental policies. my district in colorado is home to six of the state's 11 national forests. we've witnessed the destructive force of pour forestry -- poor forestry management firsthand. the multiple use sustained yield act of 1960 mandates that national forests be managed for multiple use. this includes outdoor rerecreation and -- recreation and timber management. washington, d.c., has turned our national forests into national parks, by bringing timber management to a standstill and setting the stage for the terrible disasters like those we have seen in california. we can no longer afford to ignore the safety and well-being of our communities. the fix our forests act lets the forest service do its job, restore fo

westerman to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 187 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 187, a bill to provide for the standardization, publication of data related to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways among federal land and water management agencies and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 413, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore:

address fires but the problem with california is forestry management we had good legislation bruce westermanhas a phd in forestry management and let this and qualified people leaving the policy and congress but not california. all the things are making a far easier for fryers to grow and spread and be huge. the entrance we had a hearing on insurance policies in california talking about the consequences for the policies that are happening people are losing home insurance coverage for fire because the policies that the state government is doing if they want the money there should be consequences were they have to change your policy. maria: i'm wondering if your colleagues in california the california lawmakers are going to be pushing for the state prone to disaster to have money allocated toward this. >> california wants the money without changing the policies without making a bad or worse in announcing a republicans can support that. we support the people that are plagued by disaster but we have to put pressure on the california government to change course. maria: i see. has there been no dis

westerman. johnson. whitesides. jeffries. wied. johnson. williams of georgia. jeffries.williams of texas. johnson. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. johnson. wittman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke. johnson. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. northern mariana, puerto rico, the virgin islands and the district of columbia were not called. representing collectively four million americans. mr. speaker, collectively the largest per capita of veterans in this country. the clerk of the house: does the gentlelady have a parliamentary inquiry? ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called. >> the house is not in order. the clerk of the house: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please. the clerk of the house: delegates-elect in the resident -- and the resident commissioner-elect are not qualified to vote. representatives-elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the

westerman. johnson. whitesides. jeffries. wied. johnson. williams of georgia. jeffries.williams of texas. johnson. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. johnson. wittman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke.

how do you get all of that and there house natural resources bruce westerman revealed a permitting overhauld saying the bill would borrow from congress h.r.1 instead democrats are slamming this agenda a dnc spokesperson said the big bill will future the worst and unpopular parts of project 2025, trump is suggesting the democrats may support his agenda. watch this. >> only party said the we will raise your taxes. i imagine they would not approve, this to be the largest tax increase in the history of the world, let alone in this country. i cannot imagine the democrats would do that to this country and do that to the people just because they happen to dislike republicans or me. >> what your priorities do you favor one bill or two bills, how do you want this to be executed. >> what i favor is not in the mix, i will tell you border security for the entire nation is the number one priority but the close second is to control spending those are the exponential threats that our nation faces today. however, we design in the more complex that you make this bill the harder it is going to be to bring ev

i spoke with arkansas congressman bruce westerman, a licensed forester, about what what went so wrongn the golden it. >> we put environmental laws in place that have been abound have been weaponized and they're doing more harm for the forest which something we're going to see after this is rain is coming so we'll see erosion and damage to water quality and damage to wildlife habitat. we have to put common sense into the equation. we have to use the science we know, how to manage forests, create defenseable zones and build fire wise communities. policies have made a really bad bed that people in c california having to sleep in right now. maria: what an incredible situation that we still see these fires not fully contained, jonathan, your reaction. >> it's amazing to me that we were talking earlier in the green room that the fires are still going on. we're well over a week. and it's interesting with these recount efforts or recall efforts because you want to think these californians are going to wake up and change course because there's literally no leadership at all on this. you don't

devin nunes is right on land management practices and the republicans in the house led by bruce westermankansas have led the way in the right kind of land management and water resource management practices through the natural resources committee. we just passed his resiliency -- resilient for forest initiative before the end of the year. those practices would have met the standard devin nunes outlined if implemented by the state of california. there is more to the story which is state and local government zoning and my view they're allowing people to build and create density in areas that are wild and have no business having improved structures in them without complete local fire mitigation. he mentioned fire breaks in his comments but that is an understatement. when you have to have both fire breaks between the wild area and the urban area and remove the brush that's built up during wet periods out in california and that's where the grazing comes in and the use of animal live stock. so this all works together. i would be for conditions if people can find ways to attack federal conditions

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westerman. johnson. whitesides. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. wied. williams of georgia. hakeem jeffries. williams of texas. johnson. wilson of florida. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. wilson of south carolina. johnson. whitman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke. johnson. >> for what purpose does the general lady from the virgin islands seek recognition? >> today's vote, representatives from the american samoa, guam, northern mariana, puerto rico, the virgin islands, and the district of columbia were not called. representing collectively 4 million americans. [applause] mr. speaker, collectively, the largest per capita of veterans in this country. >> does the general lady had -- >> i ask why they were not called. [overlapping discussion] >> the general lady is recognized. >> i asked why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please. >> delicate select and do resident commissioner elect are not qualified to vote. representatives elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of a speaker peered as provided in section 36 of the house

. >> arkansas republican congressman bruce westerman sponsored the fixer forest at the angeles wildfirese caused unimaginable damage. the bill would restore forest health increase resiliency to devastating wildfires and protect at-risk communities. the organization defenders of wildlife opposes the bill. i think that it's disingenuous to to use this logging bill to to push for. >> anti environmental provisions and got endangered species act and the national environmental policy act. while the legislation focuses on prevention, some lawmakers are questioning where's the federal funding to help these communities recover? we can remember that we're all fellow americans and we need to have each other's back in these moments. california democratic congressman jared huffman says aside from the bill, not including aid money. >> he says it harms the environment or democratic bills do not pair these good provisions unnecessarily with harmful environmental rollbacks. president trump, a longtime critic of how california manages its land plans to visit the devastated area on friday reporting in wash

westerman. johnson. whitesides. jeffries. we'd. johnson.rgia. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. williams of texas. johnson. wilson of florida. >> hakeem jeffries! >> jeffries. wilson of south carolina. johnson. whitman. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. womack. >> johnson. >> yakum. johnson. >> for what purpose does the gentle lady from the virgin islands seek recognition? [ inaudible ] >> northern mariana, puerto rico, the virgin islands, and the district of columbia were not called. representing, collectively, 4 million americans. [ cheers and applause ] >> mr. speaker, collectively, the largest per capita of veterans in this country. >> does the gentle lady have a problem? >> i asked why they were not called. >> the gentle lady is recognized. >> i asked why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please. >> delegates select and the resident commissioner elect are not qualified to vote. representatives elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of the speaker, as provided in section 36 of the house rules and manual,

westerman and gentleman from california mr. huffman will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes gentleman from arkansas. >> madam speaker i ask all members have five legislative days to revise and extend remarks and to include he can say train you don't say material on hr 187 the bill under consideration. >> without objection. >> i yield myself such time as my consume >> i can't recognized. >> i rise in support of hr 187 modernizing access to public waters act or the map waters act. sponsors again by congressman moore of utah. seeks to improve recreational access for our country's voters and anglers by requiring agencies to ditch advertise the maps of federal water ways and information related to regulations and restrictions on accessing those water ways. the bill then calls upon federal land management agencies to publish this information on line and work with the private sector to make it easily available to the public. this bill is necessary because access to information related to regulations and restrictions on federal water ways can often be hard to co

congressman westerman has 15. congressman begich where short lines is one of the short lines in the entire state. the title of this hearing is america builds and short lines are eager to build. the next surface transportation re-authorization bill will have a long-term impact on the country. our top priority is funding for the chris yes program that short lines are eligible for and transformational. 240 chris yes grants are awarded. they simply wouldn't have been possible. with march approaching, it helps get them off of the bubble and into the big dance. short line. small towns in rural communities. the air is cleaner and streets are less congested. and here's one example. the plant manager of a wood panel processing facility in northeast michigan said lake side state way service is competitive despite our remote location. and allowed to redues our cost and ensure our long-term success. chris yes needs advanced appropriations to continue to be most effective and long-term investment investments certainty and pred

. >> host: if you'd like to join a conversation with congressman westerman, you can do so on our lines by party, democrats 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8001 and independence 202-748-8002. you can start calling in. the republican of arkansas. you were talking to us about the fix our forests act ask the pas the house. but that on the screen to give us more information about what that does and what you expect to haen in the senate. >> guest: first off this is a very bipartisan bill. i worked on with my colleague democrat scott peters from san diego area. scott was an environmental lawyer and he and i been talking about forest health for several years now. we first wrote a bill called the save our sequoias act because we lost 20% of the joint sequoias on on the planet due to wildfire. when you look at the sites of what's happened it was because we have mismanaged those groves. scott and i worked together. we got a lot of democratic cosponsors and passed this bill out of the house last fall but we couldn't get any movement in the senate. in light of these horrendous fires we decided we

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westerman. johnson. whitesides. jeffries. wied. johnson. williams of georgia. jeffries.williams of texas. johnson. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. johnson. wittman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke. johnson. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. northern mariana, puerto rico, the virgin islands and the district of columbia were not called. representing collectively four million americans. mr. speaker, collectively the largest per capita of veterans in this country. the clerk of the house: does the gentlelady have a parliamentary inquiry? ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called. >> the house is not in order. the clerk of the house: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please. the clerk of the house: delegates-elect in the resident -- and the resident commissioner-elect are not qualified to vote. representatives-elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the

westerman's fix our forest act. it would go a long ways to making our forests look like this. why wouldn't we be doing this? what's happening now is certain folks are filing lawsuits to stop us from going into the woods and cleaning them up so that they are not destroyed by wildfire. we could do the same thing in places like southern california by working on water delivery systems, and by working on storing more water and having better abilities to put out fires once they start. even though this was a -- i hope a rare event with these cataclysmic driven winds, this will happen again. it has happened in oregon over and over. it's happened in northern california over and over. it's time for us to do something about it. the people listening today can do something about it. they can get on the phone and call. call their congressman, with women, say we need your help. i'm going to yield back, but i want to thank again congressman lamalfa for taking the time today to bring this issue to the attention of the american people. i think it's incumbent upon the american people to step up,

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