Gary Palmer said "once again, it is as though we are debating two different bills. I have no idea where industry comes into this. This is about protecting forests. It is about promoting wildlife. It is about reducing emissions by prescribed burns. If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are interested in looking up this data, what they are saying is in direct contradiction to what the science shows: A prescribed burn reduces the amount of emissions compared to a wildfire." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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once again, it is as though we are debating two different bills. I have no idea where industry comes into this. This is about protecting forests. It is about promoting wildlife. It is about reducing emissions by prescribed burns. If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are interested in looking up this data, what they are saying is in direct contradiction to what the science shows: A prescribed burn reduces the amount of emissions compared to a wildfire.

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Gary Palmer

Republican · Alabama

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of prescribed burns in forest management and emissions reduction.

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