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Martha Roby: I want to interject quickly. You talked about the forest products industry. And since 2006, it's already lost 31 percent…

On the recordOctober 4, 2011
I want to interject quickly. You talked about the forest products industry. And since 2006, it's already lost 31 percent of its workforce. That's nearly 400,000 high-paying jobs located in mainly small, rural communities. And without passing this Boiler MACT legislation, the situation is only going to become worse. So I just wanted to throw that in there.
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Martha Roby
Alabama
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Oct 4, 2011

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