{"id":22411,"date":"2025-06-11T14:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22411"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:13:55","slug":"trump-forest-service-head-admits-1400-fire-certified-employees-have-been-pushed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/trump-forest-service-head-admits-1400-fire-certified-employees-have-been-pushed-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Forest Service Head ADMITS 1,400 Fire-Certified Employees have been PUSHED OUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qcTSwliH8dU&#038;feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Merkley pressed Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on pushing out vital fire-certified personnel ahead of fire season, and called his attempts to slash essential federal support for state, rural, and volunteer fire departments a \u201cviolation of trust.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full hearing here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-budget-request-for-the-united-states-forest-service\">https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-budget-request-for-the-united-states-forest-service<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Merkley pressed Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on pushing out vital fire-certified personnel ahead of fire season, and called his attempts to slash essential federal support for state, rural, and volunteer fire departments a \u201cviolation of trust.\u201d Watch the full hearing here: https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-budget-request-for-the-united-states-forest-service<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[44,36],"class_list":["post-22411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-jobs-and-the-economy","tag-natural-resources-and-rural-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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