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On the recordMarch 16, 2015
The ozone rule will drive up costs in the forestry and forest products industry, which will result in closed facilities, which will mean less jobs, less carbon sequestration, more poverty, and more asthma.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman argues that the EPA's ozone rule negatively impacts jobs and health.

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