As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California, lawmakers say reforms to forest management are desperately needed, and the country cannot wait any longer.

As wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) claimed that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) opted out of an opportunity to legislate federal protections to prevent them.

A forest management bill is slated for House floor debate this week. Other wildfire bills have been introduced in the Senate.

A bill to speed forest-thinning on federal lands is poised to pass the House later this week. Another forest-related bill passed easily Tuesday.

Harder helped introduce the Fix Our Forests Act with House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and a bipartisan coalition of more than 50 Members. Watch Harder’s speech on the House floor celebrating passage of this legislation here. Source: Congressman Josh Harder

Southern California has been devastated by ... Scott Peters, D-San Diego, and Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., have teamed up to push the “Fix our Forests Act,” that would expedite environmental ...

Cal Fire Firefighters do a prescribed burn ahead of oncoming new wildfire called 'Hughes Fire' as it tore through northern Los Angeles County, burning over 9,000 acres just hours after it was first reported in California, United States on January 22, 2025.

Bruce Westerman (R-AR ... of power lines long before this month’s windstorm toppled a power line in Southern California and sparked one of the various fires. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR)– As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California ... what we’re doing is not working,” said Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.). Westerman sponsored the Fix Our ...

The House passed the Fix Our Forests Act along bipartisan lines on Thursday as a response to the devastating wildfires in California ... Scott Peters (D-CA) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR), passed ...

California Democrats blocked a Republican amendment to add $1 billion in wildfire prevention funding to the state's $2.5 billion wildfire recovery bill during a simple procedural

There have also been some discussions of tying “forestry management” to a bipartisan disaster aid push, but House Natural Resources Committee Chair and bill sponsor Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)