SENATE COMMITTEE ADVANCES PADILLA BILL TO HELP PREVENT WILDFIRES; PADILLA SOUNDS ALARM ON PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

Senate Committee Advances Padilla's bipartisan Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sounded the alarm on protecting communities and public lands from disaster, preventing wildfires, and providing resources to safeguard forests and lands from further destruction.

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing on Padilla's bipartisan Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA), a bipartisan bill to prevent wildfires and increase the use of prescribed fire. The bill advanc...