Podcasts From the Hill: Politics & Risk

A Lose-Lose Situation

“Nobody wins when the insurance company can’t afford to sell insurance and the homeowners can’t afford to buy insurance.”
By Blaire Bartlett Posted on June 30, 2025

Westerman for years has been a chief champion of the Fix Our Forests Act, a bipartisan bill that includes a host of measures to transform federal forest management in order to reduce the wildfire threat. The legislation easily passed out of the House in January, and Westerman expressed optimism that the Senate will also approve it and send it on to President Donald Trump for signing.

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