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On the recordMarch 16, 2021
We know that forests are the largest scale, most efficient system to pull carbon out of the atmosphere, and wood products like we see here on this dais are 40 to 50 percent, by weight, stored carbon.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman emphasizes the importance of forests in carbon storage.

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