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On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
The timber industry can be sustainable but the funding required for Secure Rural Schools in the absence of timber harvesting simply is not sustainable.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski highlights the unsustainability of funding for schools without timber harvesting.

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