King: Wildland Firefighters "Are Hanging on by the Very Tips of our Fingers"
March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024:
Today, U.S. Senator Angus King pushed top Biden Administration officials on the need to support America's wildland firefighters. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), King shared the first-person account of a wildland firefighter and the conditions he endures with Meryl Harrell, Deputy Under Secretary of Natural Resources and the Envir . . .
Today, U.S. Senator Angus King pushed top Biden Administration officials on the need to support America's wildland firefighters. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), King shared the first-person account of a wildland firefighter and the conditions he endures with Meryl Harrell, Deputy Under Secretary of Natural Resources and the Envir . . .