Lawmakers debate response to California wildfires

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR)– House lawmakers Thursday debated whether regulations contributed to the wildfires that devastated the LA area. 

Republicans labeled the committee’s hearing the “Consequences of Overregulation,” saying Congress has to look back at what went wrong…

Steven Greenhut with the conservative R Street Institute blames state and federal environmental regulations, calling them a “huge hurdle for everything.”

“We’re supposed to do about, according to CalFire, about a million acres of clearance a year, and have been doing around 125,000,” Greenhut said.