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Statements and posts

51 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.

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Activity, last 12 weeks

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1 statement, Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 26, 2026

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  1. Press release

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    Public Lands and Natural ResourcesWildfire Recovery

    DThompsonRHyde-SmithDMerkleyRWesterman

    Congressman Bentz, Thompson, Merkley, Hyde-Smith Introduce "Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026"

    Introduced bipartisan bill to expand biomass definition and reduce catastrophic wildfire risk.

    “Hundreds of thousands of tons of new wood grow in Oregon’s forests each and every day, increasing the chance and the danger of cataclysmic wildfire. This danger can be reduced by removing brush and excess trees from the forests. Technology has found a way to convert wood into biofuel, so this wood does have value.”

Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.