Monday, Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Wildfire Response Modernization Act alongside Reps. Lance Gooden (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), and Jason Crow (D-CO). This bill would expand the United States government’s ability to detect, track, and combat new wildfires. Last year, Rep. Whitesides introduced the FireGuard Reauthorization Act, which authorized the Department of Defense to use ...

Thursday, Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the FireGuard program, which utilizes Department of Defense satellites to detect wildfires and distribute information to firefighting efforts on the ground. “Regions like mine understand the existential threat of wildfires, and the need to use every tool at our disposal to detect, track, and prevent fires before they start,” ...