WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, quizzed United States Forest Service (USFS) Chief Tom Schultz on the Trump administration's abrupt change to the Department of Agriculture's "terms and conditions" for federal funding that has for years have gone to help states fight wildfires and manage forests. These new terms effectively blocked states, particularly Democratic states, from receiving desperately needed federal support ahead of an active wildfire season.
"I'm very concerned, because we don't seem to be prepared on the front lines here. Because of the new restrictions on the Depart...