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Bruce Westerman: We are going to talk about what we need to do with the trees that we have before we talk about planting more of them.

On the recordApril 4, 2022
We are going to talk about what we need to do with the trees that we have before we talk about planting more of them.
Said by
Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Stresses the importance of managing existing trees before planting new ones.

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