WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, joined U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at a briefing about response to and recovery from the fires that devastated the Spokane community earlier this month.
"At today's briefing with Sec. Burgum, U.S. Wildland Fire Service Chief Brian Fennessy, and local fire chiefs, we discussed the next steps in responding to the fires and collecting information for a federal disaster declaration," Sen. Cantwell said.
"We also learned that this situation could have been a lot worse. We ...