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House approves bill to help West fight wildfires, drought

FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021, in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - The Oak Fire burns behind a scorched pickup truck in the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., early July 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) FILE - A firefighter extinguishes flames as the Oak Fire crosses Darrah Rd. in Mariposa County, Calif., on July 22, 2022. Crews were able to to stop it from reaching an adjacent home. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif., left, and Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, listen as Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., talks to the media following a tour of a Diamondback Energy oil rig Feb. 10, 2021 in Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File) FILE - Savino Sanchez holds his mother-in-law's dog as he and his family search through the remains of their home in Monte Vista, Colo., April 22, 2022, after a fire fueled by high winds Wednesday burned 17 structures and displaced six families. The family lost everything except the clothes on their backs, two dogs and their cat. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., talks during a news conference updating the Colorado wildfire damage after touring the impacted area Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)