WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) authored a new op-ed in The Hill calling for urgent, bipartisan action to address the growing megafire crisis and strengthen the nation's wildfire prevention and response strategy.
In the op-ed, the Senators reflect on the devastating toll of recent wildfires across the West and warn that the United States remains dangerously underprepared for the next major disaster. It underscores that Congress must act to pass the Padilla-Curtis bipartisan legislation, the Fix Our Forests Act (https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-advances-fix-our-forests-act-marking-...