WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
SPOKANE, WA - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, spoke at a media briefing about the ongoing Spokane fires.
"There are some up here with us who have been evacuated. There are some that have lost their homes. So we are with you in this situation, and we're going to do everything we can to get the federal resources to help you," said Sen. Cantwell. "I talked to the U.S. [Forest Service] Chief Schultz, who basically said, this is the most [high] risk and resourced fire in the United States. Today, it is...