Republicans fiddle while Texas burns

• 1.8 million acres of Texas land has burned so far this year guaranteeing it will be the worst year for wildfires in Texas in recorded history.
• Already this year, local firefighters have saved more than 10,000 structures from being burned.
• Texas has 879 volunteer fire departments, but only 114 paid fire departments and 187 that are a combination of both.
• Texas Republicans have voted to cut funding to volunteer fire departments by more than 75 percent, from $30 million to $7 million.