IMPORTANT FIRE SUPPRESSION BILL

PLEASE SUPPORT

September 23, 2023

Congressman Tom McClintock

With many pressing issues facing our country, I wanted to provide you an update on my most recent work on behalf of the 5th District. This week, I had the opportunity to question Attorney General Merrick Garland about his two-tiered justice system in the United States and the uptick in known or suspected terrorists crossing the southern border when he came before the House Judiciary Committee.

Also, my bill H.R. 934 - Requiring the U.S. Forest Service to Immediately Suppress Wildfires passed the House Natural Resources Committee. The legislation requires the U.S. Forest Service to aggressively attack fires when they are first detected in forests that pose a severe fire hazard. I first introduced this legislation after the disastrous Tamarack fire that was allowed to burn for 12 days before it exploded out of control and destroyed 70,000 acres of forestland in Alpine County in 2021.