[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 110 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H3132-H3133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORTING FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 40 brave Nevada 
Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighters who have selflessly 
offered their support to battle the raging fires in Canada.
  Mr. Speaker, I include their names in the Record.

       Anderson, Truett, Southern Nevada District; Arroyo, Omar, 
     Carson City District Office; Atwater, Trevor, Carson City 
     District Office; Brunjes, Bailey C, Southern Nevada District; 
     Chatham, William A, Carson City District Office; Daniels, 
     Aaron Lee, Carson City District Office; De Raedt, Nick Peter, 
     Carson City District Office; Drake, Lauryn Emily, Carson City 
     District Office; Duenas, Kevin Gerardo, Carson City District 
     Office; Engdahl, Alyssa Grace, Carson City District Office; 
     Esh, Heidi, Carson City District Office.
       Evers, Tommy, Carson City District Office; Fonseca, Alex, 
     Southern Nevada District; Giordano, John M, Carson City 
     District Office; Henderson, Theodore A, Carson City District 
     Office; Hucks, Roman B, Carson City District Office; Kalb, 
     Jonathan Matthew, Carson City District Office; Kavle, Henry 
     James, Winnemucca District; Kelly, Kevin, Carson City 
     District Office; Koski, Christine Marie, Carson City District 
     Office; Kracaw, Will A, Winnemucca District.
       Li, Ren X, Carson City District Office; Livie, Nathan 
     David, Carson City District Office; May, Wyndham F, Carson 
     City District Office; McGovern, Nicholas B, Southern Nevada 
     District; Mini, Daniel Raymond, Carson City District Office; 
     Monson, Victor Charles, Carson City District Office; 
     Mortimore, Jennifer Lee, Carson City District Office; Murphy, 
     Ayden Patrick, Carson City District Office; Quenga, Kevin, 
     Carson City District Office; Richmond, Levi Robert, South 
     Nevada District.
       Rodriguez, Roberto, Carson City District Office; 
     Satterfield, Nathan Robert, Carson City District Office; 
     Shoemaker, Don, Carson City District Office; St Cyr, Andrew 
     T, Carson City District Office; Stephenson, Karl Joseph, 
     Battle Mountain District; Tartaglia, Vincenzio Cesidio, 
     Carson City District Office; Wadsworth, Justin Allen, Carson 
     City

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     District Office; Wagner, Lane Nicholas, Carson City District 
     Office; Williams, Joshua David, Carson City District Office; 
     Whipple, Tyler Jeffrey, Southern Nevada District.

  Ms. TITUS. When smoke covered Washington, D.C., and New York for 
hundreds of miles recently, people across the East Coast witnessed the 
impact of the devastating wildfires Canada is currently experiencing.
  To date, the United States has deployed more than 600 firefighters 
and support personnel to respond to these wildfires in Canada, 
including our Silver State Interagency Hotshot Crew.
  Nearly every major wildfire in the U.S. relies on response from 
Federal wildland firefighters and the services their specialized crews 
provide, but right now they are paid significantly less than their 
counterparts at State and local agencies.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring the Nevada Federal 
firefighters, the Hotshots, who are on the front lines. I urge support 
for a needed increase in their base salaries. It is the least we can do 
for their service and sacrifice.

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