They added that a city using mass timber construction will become a carbon sink versus a carbon source.

we have got to produce more of our rare earth minerals here, in the United States, to fuel our green economy.

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.

I have proposed proactive natural solutions like the Trillion Trees Act that would restore our forest, promote reforestation, promote innovation, and promote market-based solutions for wood products.

Yes. I think we have seen that illustrated in a lot of places where we need multiple sources of energy to have that reliability.

I know you are struggling. But my time is expired, and I appreciate your participation.

I hope we can work as a Committee to address those areas, but I think we have maybe a difference of opinion on the best way to address these issues.

Climate change is real, and 97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities.

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