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Hearing Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests and Outlook for the 2026 Wildfire Year.”
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 38 transcript matches
TIFFANY, THOMAS P. "the gentlelady, Ms. Hoyle, from Oregon. Without objection, so ordered under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all other members' opening statements be made part of the in accordance with Committee Rule 3, Parent O. Without objection, so ordered. I'll now recognize myself for an opening statement. Thank you, Chief Schultz, Chief Tom Schultz, for being here with us today. I know that our members are eager to hear you discuss the challenges facing our federal forest and..."
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service"
house Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 26 transcript matches
NEWHOUSE, DAN "The chair would request that other members submit their opening statements for the record so the witness may begin his testimony and to ensure that there is ample time for questions. So as you heard, our witness today is Mr. Tom Schultz, chief of the United States Forest Service. Thank you for joining us again today, Mr. Schultz. And I do apologize for my Freudian slip of trying to introduce you as our fire chief, just a reflection of what's happening back home. But we will now proceed to your testimony. You will have five minutes. The timer in front of you will count down to zero, at which..."
CRS Report
Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive Departments During the 113th Congress
Reports · Jul 15, 2015
The President makes appointments to positions within the federal government, either using the authorities granted by law to the President alone, or with the advice and consent of the Senate. There...
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"the gentlelady, Ms. Hoyle, from Oregon. Without objection, so ordered under Committee Rule 4F, any oral opening statements at hearings are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all other members' opening statements be made part of the in accordance with Committee Rule 3, Parent O. Without objection, so ordered. I'll now recognize myself for an opening statement. Thank you, Chief Schultz, Chief Tom Schultz, for being here with us today. I..."
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Just want to remind you, though you're a veteran here, you must limit your oral statement to five minutes. Your entire statement will appear in the hearing record. To begin your testimony, please press the on button on the microphone. We use timing lights when you begin. The light will turn green. At the end of five minutes, the light will turn red, and I'll ask you to please complete your statement. I would like to introduce Mr. Tom Schultz, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service at the Department..."
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"The chair would request that other members submit their opening statements for the record so the witness may begin his testimony and to ensure that there is ample time for questions. So as you heard, our witness today is Mr. Tom Schultz, chief of the United States Forest Service. Thank you for joining us again today, Mr. Schultz. And I do apologize for my Freudian slip of trying to introduce you as our fire chief, just a reflection of what's happening back home. But we will now proceed to your..."
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
PINGREE, CHELLIE "And sometimes it's about the infrastructure, and particularly in the hemp sector where we tried to expand that a lot, there was literally no processing. So most hemp is procured in other places. Back to glyphosate, I'm very worried about the overuse of glyphosate in the Forest Service and the spring that's going on right now. In another world, Representative Huffman and I just sent a letter to Chief Schultz to ask for far more details about the use of glyphosate. And I'll copy you on that, just because I think it's really"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. "and we had an incredibly informative discussion with the Peregrine Fund, followed by a demonstration in this room of some amazing birds. If you didn't make it, oh, there's Mr. Hoyer. If you didn't make it to that hearing next year, maybe we'll do it again. But we did hold hearings. We also had hearings with Chief of the Forest Service Tom Schultz, Secretary Doug Burgum of the Department of Interior, Administrator Lee Zeldin from the Environmental Protection Agency, and Clayton Fulton from Indian Health Services. So we have been holding hearings all the way along, and I just wanted you to know..."
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"where the similar levels of outrage were when their own administration seemingly lit over three quarters of a billion dollars on fire and functionally tried to bankrupt the Forest Service. As I have said repeatedly during my time as chairman of this subcommittee, healthy forests require active management. For decades, timber harvests have fallen while catastrophic wildfire has risen. Witness the chart just over my right shoulder. That is not a coincidence. When we stop managing forests, nature..."
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"insect infestations, and disease. But through active forest management, strengthened wildfire response, regulatory reforms, increased timber production, and coordination with states and localities, we can begin to reverse the tide of our forest health and wildfire crisis. I want to again thank Chief Schultz for appearing before the subcommittee today. The status quo is failing our forests, our firefighters, and the growing number of communities that live with the threat of catastrophic wildfire..."
Testimony HUFFMAN, JARED
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chief Schultz, good to see you again. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate that you have come to testify twice in our committee in the span of nine months. That is a good track record and I hope we will see an ongoing commitment to maintaining an open line of communication with the committee. You have a big and very important job. I am mindful of that. Our national forests are both important resources for this country, but they are also the natural heritage that..."
Testimony WESTERMAN, BRUCE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you, Chairman Tiffany, for holding this important and timely hearing, and Chief Schultz, welcome back. It's great to see you"
Testimony WESTERMAN, BRUCE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"two to four years of additional delays. Though expanded categorical exclusions codified emergency authorities and common sense litigation reform, FOFA starts to fix not only our forest but our forestry markets and the rural communities that depend on them. It's a forest health bill, it's a act and send it to the president's desk. In closing, Chief Schultz, I appreciate your efforts to refocus the Forest Service on its core multiple-use mandate to actively manage our forests, protect communities..."
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I'd like to recognize the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Westermann. Ranking Member, Mr. Neguse, for his statement. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Chief Schultz. Thank you. To the ranking member of the committee, we're going to move on to our witnesses'"
Testimony NEGUSE, JOE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"that I disagree with a lot the Trump administration is pursuing with respect to public lands management policy and issues impacting our national forests, including in my state of Colorado. And I want to just paint a picture for you, and this is not isolated to your agency, of course, Chief Schultz, but it's important contextually in terms of why my constituents in Colorado are so about the approach that the Trump administration has taken. In Colorado, we have lost 26"
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"To begin your testimony, please press the on button on the microphone. We use timing lights when you begin. The light will turn green. At the end of five minutes, the light will turn red, and I'll ask you to please complete your statement. I would like to introduce Mr. Tom Schultz, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service at the Department of Agriculture. Chief Schultz, you are recognized for five minutes. Welcome. Thank you for your testimony, Chief Schultz, and we're gonna turn to questions now. I..."
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you Chief Schultz for being with us today to answer our questions. As you may know, I represent the beautifully and beautifully diverse state of Nuevo Mexico where in my district alone we have the Carson, the Sangre Cristo, we have the Jemez"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I understand that's partly because the Forest Service suddenly stopped allowing volunteer labor to count as an in-kind match. Chief Schultz, can you explain why the Forest Service can't count volunteer labor as an in-kind match? So, Chief Schultz, I'm looking at a manual dated May 28th, 2025, that says that 25% of the total project costs can come and can be wholly attributed to the independent sector valuation of volunteer labor, so volunteer labor should be able to be"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Chief Schultz, can you explain why the Forest Service can't count volunteer labor as an in-kind match? So, Chief Schultz, I'm looking at a manual dated May 28th, 2025, that says that 25% of the total project costs can come and can be wholly attributed to the independent sector valuation of volunteer labor, so volunteer labor should be able to be counted. Do you disagree with this statement in the"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"So, do you know who signed this manual? It was approved by Tom Schultz, Chief. So, you approved this, and now you're stopping all these young people from working based on something you approved. I want to go to another issue. I think it's ridiculous that when we have lost one in, you know, what was it,"
Testimony BENTZ, CLIFF
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Chief Schultz, for being here today. Just to make sure I ask this question, because I'm from Oregon, and I represent two-thirds of the state, millions of acres of forest, and the question that I need to ask is, are we, are you prepared for this fire season, and if not, what do you need to be"
Testimony BENTZ, CLIFF
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I'm suggesting the modifications so we can actually preserve the very thing that we want. I very much appreciate you being here today and Mr. Chair, I'd like to offer for the record the report from the National Interagency Fire Center that talks about the incredible danger this year that we're facing. If so, without objection. Thank you so much. Thank you. Chief Schultz, yield back. Gentlemen, the"
Testimony SPEAKER_14
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Mr. Chair, and it's good to see you again, Chief Schultz. Thank you for being here. When we spoke last year, we discussed the lack of respiratory protection for our Firefighters and the toll it is taking on their long-term health. You mentioned that your agency had begun officially providing N95 masks. I want to confirm that the agency is still providing those masks and ask more broadly, what specific steps has the agency taken on respiratory and overall"
Testimony HUFFMAN, JARED
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chief Schultz, I want to ask you about the proposal to move all of the fire functions of the Forest Service out of your agency to the Interior Department. This is a big proposal, obviously, with some sweeping implications, and in the Fiscal"
Testimony WESTERMAN, BRUCE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I hope we'll be able to send some more help your way soon with the Fix Our Forest Act so you can keep up this great work. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I yield back. Thank you to the Thank you, Chairman Tiffany, and thank you again to Chief Schultz for being here. As we look at going back to 1905 when the Forest Service was founded, the purpose was to conserve the land and the forest, to also practice water conservation and to supply timber to a growing"
Testimony LEE, SUSIE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for being here, Chief Schultz. You know, when the USDA announced what it called the sweeping restructuring of your agency in March, you said, quote, this is about building a forest service that is closer to the forests and communities it"
Testimony MALOY, CELESTE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chief Schultz, thanks for being here. Yes, ma'am. It's good to see"
Testimony RANDALL, EMILY
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chair and Chief Schultz. Thank you for appearing before our committee"
Testimony RANDALL, EMILY
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"and just earlier this week, a wildfire was burning in his community. Chief Schultz, do you believe that climate change is making wildfires more severe? Yeah, we definitely do have hotter, drier years. And I heard you say that climate has been changing. I'll just say that the science"
Testimony RANDALL, EMILY
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Bear Gulch Fire, I talked about it in this committee a lot because we had some wild immigration enforcement happening on an active wildfire, and it was finally extinguished in April of this year. Chief Schultz, how is this, these new terms and conditions and the holdups they're causing in states like"
Testimony RANDALL, EMILY
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"helping you achieve the goals of the administration's active management strategy with regards to state forestry agencies? Well, thank you, Chief Schultz. I will look forward to hearing the results of the webinar and how that may or may not change the analysis from my state agencies that the terms and conditions are in active disagreement with Washington state law, because ensuring that we are following the environmental practices of our state, which is a leader in the fight against climate..."
Testimony STAUBER, PETE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Chief Schultz, it's great to see you again. I appreciate the hard work you're doing. Just getting right into my questions, the Superior National Forest recently published its updated Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Permit and Visitor Use Report, covering the 2021 through 2025"
Testimony STAUBER, PETE
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"The late Winnie transfer. Thank you very much. And then, Chief Schultz, in the last minute and 45, would you like to respond to any of the comments or questions that you got before me, if you want to just, if you ran out of time or something? I'm going to give you the last minute and 35. Yes, I"
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Will the gentleman yield the balance of his time? Chief Schultz, in regards to the roadless rule and permanently repealing it, talk about how it will improve forest management, wildfire suppression, and response. Talk about how this really enhances management by having the repeal of the roadless"
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"To improve the health and resilience of Arizona forests, we must reduce wildfire risks, strengthen these watersheds, and modernize outdated federal regulations to hinder those efforts. Chief Schultz, are you familiar with, because we've had a lot of droughts and we've been trying to do our"
Testimony SPEAKER_16
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"her questioning for five minutes. Well, thank you for allowing me to wave on to the Federal Lands Committee today to discuss the roadless rule, and thank you for being here, Chief Schultz. The title of today's hearing is The State of Our Nation's Federal Forests and Outlook for"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"from issuing speeding tickets and DUIs, responding to medical events, and just this last month putting out over 100 unattended campfires. Would you agree, Chief Schultz, that the Forest Service relies on state and local law enforcement to maintain the rule of law in our national forests, and that this partnership is important to ensure national forests are a safe place to"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"There's been a lot of amendments to it, but just wanted to see what are the challenges Forest Service has in updating National Forest Plans, and are there opportunities for Forest Service to partner with local organizations or governments to update these plans? Thank you, Chief Schultz, and thank you, I yield"
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chief Schultz, welcome. My Colorado district includes seven National Forests, so the issues that we're talking about when it comes to forest health, forest resiliency, wildfire mitigation matter to me and the people I represent for all sorts of reasons, including watershed health as well. Many of us talk about acres treated, four feet harvested, dollars spent. If you were to look forward 10 years from now, what metric would convince you that forests are actually..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Great. That's very helpful. Chief Schultz, I'm chairman of Indian Insular Affairs, and one of the things that I've learned is tribes often bring knowledge, local knowledge, long-term stewardship and on-the-ground capacity when it comes to forest health and forest management. Where have tribal partnerships most clearly improved outcomes for the forest"
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"In your view, what's the single most important bottleneck preventing us from treating federal forests at scale? Thank you, Chief Schultz. Mr. Chairman, my time has"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for allowing me to wave on. And thank you, Chief Schultz. I really appreciate you testifying today, especially as we enter into fire season. In my home district of Central and Eastern Montana, you know, significant drought over the last year threatens to bring about major fire risks this"
Testimony SPEAKER_14
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Lying to the ethics department comes with criminal penalties. And Chief Schultz, would you commit to getting back to me next week with a clear understanding of which record is the truthful one and an explanation of what happened"
Testimony TIFFANY, THOMAS P.
Oversight hearing titled “The State of Our Nation’s Federal Forests an...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"That will be entered into the record without objection. I'd like to thank Chief Schultz for his valuable testimony and the members for your questions. Members of the subcommittee may have some additional questions for our witness today. We will ask that the witness respond to those in writing. Under Committee Rule 3, members of the subcommittee must submit questions to the subcommittee clerk by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9th,"
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"and more efficient on-the-ground management, and more management at the landscape level. Chief Schultz, you've been an indispensable component of this administration's efforts to reprioritize the founding mission of the United States Forest Service. And for that, I thank"
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Chairman Newhouse, for convening us today, and thank you to Chief Schultz for joining our subcommittee. I'm eager to hear and better"
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"At some point, the fewer people on the ground to do the work means less work gets done. Chief Schultz, you have a lot of experience in forestry, and my guess is that you have probably stopped worse things from happening under this administration. At the end of the day, though, we simply can't be satisfied with"
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"their service and their sacrifices. Welcome again, Chief Schultz. Thank you for being here and your continued dedication to the Forest Service. The number of wildfires starts and the overall acres burned demonstrate the severity of this fire year and the urgent work that remains before the agency and other forest"
Testimony CRAIG, ANGIE
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I'm ashamed to say that the President responded to these acts of bravery by our neighbors to the north, neighbors to the north, by blaming them for the wildfires and lashing out and increasing tariffs on them. Today, I'll say what he should have said to our Canadian neighbors. Thank you. Chief Schultz, thank you for being here today. Before I go any further, I want to start by inviting you to join me in Minnesota to see firsthand the damage caused by these wildfires and meet with the..."
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"So, Chief Schultz, you may begin whenever you are ready. Thank you, Chief Schultz, for your testimony. At this time, members will be recognized for questions in order of seniority,"
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"With that, I recognize myself for five minutes. Chief Schultz, Forest Service has described the pending reorganization as an effort to replace the agency's regional structure with a state office model, which you just"
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I yield back. Thank you, Chairman Newhouse, and thank you, Chief Schultz, for your testimony. This year's wildfire season is already demonstrating the dangerous and increasingly year-round nature of wildfire risk, threatening communities, public health, and natural resources across our"
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Another important factor for reorganization is how it will affect staffing levels. Chief Schultz, you testified at the Senate Agriculture Committee that you did not think that staff subject to relocation would likely leave. You said, and I'm quoting from your testimony, we do not anticipate overall that it is going to be a significant number of"
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Chairman, Ranking Member. Chief Schultz, again, great to see you. Great to be with you. Thank you for being"
Testimony VALADAO, DAVID G.
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I appreciate the extra two minutes, Mr. Chairman. Chief Schultz, thank you for being here today in front of the subcommittee. Appreciate your"
Testimony VASQUEZ, GABE
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chief Schultz, thank you for being here with us today. It's great to meet you. Mr. Schultz, as you know, the creation of the Forest Service dates back to the 1900s as our nation was experiencing an industrial boom fueled by intense resource extraction and timber harvesting across the West. Republican President Teddy Roosevelt understood that there needed to be a check on the influence of wealthy timber companies and railroad tycoons who saw the forest only as a..."
Testimony VASQUEZ, GABE
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"watershed management, wildlife habitat, and sustainable timber stocks so that these lands would endure and be productive for future generations. Chief Schultz, do you believe that you follow these guiding principles of folks like Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot? Well, that's great, because today I feel like we're traveling back in time and we're facing some of the exact same issues and the exact dilemma that these great leaders once"
Testimony VASQUEZ, GABE
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"In New Mexico, catastrophic wildfires are our major disasters. Yet as we desperately need the resources to prepare for fire and mitigate its impacts, the Forest Service is carrying out the largest reorganization in its history while cutting staff across the nation. Now, I've personally met with laid-off fire-trailed crews in my district in the Gila National Forest. We're the folks who clear the way for fire lines in our wilderness areas. In the most remote areas of the Gila, we're given pink..."
Testimony COSTA, JIM
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"the public input, the regional efforts, I think, have all been lacking. Let me get to the heart of today's discussion. The President's budget eliminates funding for forest and rangeland research and collaborative forest landscape restoration program while more than quadrupling the funding for the forest products area. Would you concur, Chief Schultz, with the statement that we no longer have a fire season, but it's a fire year"
Testimony CARBAJAL, SALUD O.
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chief Schultz, welcome. I have the privilege of representing California's Central Coast, one of the most beautiful places in our country, truly paradise on earth. I hope you've had an opportunity to"
Testimony CARBAJAL, SALUD O.
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I'll go back and chat with them and see where maybe the disconnect is on the rest of the Chief Schultz, communities across California's Central Coast face increasingly wildfire risk and depend on programs like the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program to reduce hazards before disasters occur. Congress provided $1 billion for this program through the bipartisan infrastructure"
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Without a permanent fix, the agency would have to rewrite, I believe, more than a hundred different forest plans, which would take years and funding and staff hours to accomplish with no actual benefits. So Chief Schultz, could I ask you what your views are on this Cottonwood issue, and do you support a permanent legislative fix to address the challenges created by the court ruling?"
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you for this follow-up opportunity, Mr. Chairman. Chief Schultz, this reorganization will cost taxpayers money. Under the first Trump administration, taxpayers paid an estimated $28 million to cover the cost of the 2019 reorganization of the Bureau of Land Management, and after that move failed, the Biden administration was forced to bring many positions back to"
Testimony SALINAS, ANDREA
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"But thank you so much for your testimony. Thank you for being here. I yield back. Mr. Chairman, I again want to thank you for convening us, and thank you again, Chief Schultz, for being here for this conversation and this hearing. As we face another devastating and dangerous wildfire"
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Ms. Salinas. Well, let me just make a few comments. First of all, Chief Schultz, anytime we can invite the National Wild Turkey Federation to a hearing, I'm all in, so thanks for that"
Testimony PINGREE, CHELLIE
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"And sometimes it's about the infrastructure, and particularly in the hemp sector where we tried to expand that a lot, there was literally no processing. So most hemp is procured in other places. Back to glyphosate, I'm very worried about the overuse of glyphosate in the Forest Service and the spring that's going on right now. In another world, Representative Huffman and I just sent a letter to Chief Schultz to ask for far more details about the use of glyphosate. And I'll copy you on that, just..."
CRS Report
Women in Congress: Statistics and Brief Overview
Reports · Oct 13, 2022
As of October 12, 2022, 151 women are serving in the 117th Congress. There are 127 women serving in the House (including 3 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner), 93 Democrats and 34 Republicans....
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you for joining today's hearing entitled, For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service. After brief opening remarks, members will receive testimony from our witness"
Testimony NEWHOUSE, DAN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"So good morning. I want to say good morning to all the members of the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture, and especially good morning to our fire chief, Tom Schultz. Mr. Schultz, our forestry chief, excuse me. Mr. Schultz, our forestry chief, excuse"
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Statutory Interpretation: Theories, Tools, and Trends
Reports · Mar 10, 2023
In the tripartite structure of the U.S. federal government, it is the job of courts to say what the law is, as Chief Justice John Marshall announced in 1803. When courts render decisions on the...
Testimony SIMPSON, MICHAEL K.
Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and ...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"and we had an incredibly informative discussion with the Peregrine Fund, followed by a demonstration in this room of some amazing birds. If you didn't make it, oh, there's Mr. Hoyer. If you didn't make it to that hearing next year, maybe we'll do it again. But we did hold hearings. We also had hearings with Chief of the Forest Service Tom Schultz, Secretary Doug Burgum of the Department of Interior, Administrator Lee Zeldin from the Environmental Protection Agency, and Clayton Fulton from..."
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The Supreme Court’s October 2020 Term: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
Reports · Sep 14, 2021
The Supreme Court issued the last merits decision of its 2020–2021 Term on July 1, 2021. This term was also Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first term as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The...
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Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Reports · Mar 21, 2011
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 created the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Executive Order 12291, issued by President Reagan...
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Confederate Symbols: Relation to Federal Lands and Programs
Reports · Jul 28, 2020
Congress is considering the relationship of Confederate symbols to federal lands and programs. A number of federal agencies administer assets or fund activities in which references to the Civil War...
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The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act: Scope, Implementation, and Considerations for Congress
Reports · Dec 3, 2021
The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, enacted in December 2016, authorizes the President to impose economic sanctions on, and deny entry into the United States to, foreign individuals...
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COVID-19 and the U.S. Timber Industry
Reports · Jul 29, 2021
The timber industry is a diverse commodity industry, wherein cut trees (timber) are converted to a wide variety of articles made from wood (wood products). The largest wood product sectors in the...
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Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Eligibility, Benefits, and Financing
Reports · May 16, 2018
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is responsible for administering two federal entitlement programs established under the Social Security Act that provide income support to individuals with...
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Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
Reports · Sep 9, 2013
Federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes limit the discretion of a sentencing court to impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or the death penalty. They have a long...
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Chevron Deference: A Primer
Reports · May 18, 2023
When Congress delegates regulatory functions to an administrative agency, that agency’s ability to act is governed by the statutes that authorize it to carry out these delegated tasks. In the course...
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Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations
Reports · May 19, 2021
The field of artificial intelligence (AI)—a term first used in the 1950s—has gone through multiple waves of advancement over the subsequent decades. Today, AI can broadly be thought of as...
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The Status of Puerto Rico’s Recovery and Ongoing Challenges Following Hurricanes Irma and María: FEMA, SBA, and HUD Assistance
Reports · Nov 13, 2020
Three years after Hurricanes Irma and María, Puerto Rico is still recovering from the devastation to communities, homes and property, businesses, and infrastructure that was caused by the hurricanes....
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The Power of Congress and the Executive to Exclude Aliens: Constitutional Principles
Reports · Dec 30, 2019
Supreme Court precedent establishes that inherent principles of sovereignty give Congress “plenary power” to regulate immigration. The core of this power—the part that has proven most impervious to...
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Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and the Future of Agency Interpretations of Law
Reports · Dec 31, 2024
“Chevron is overruled”: On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron framework in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, holding that the Chevron framework violated Section 706 of the...