If we just dedicate it as a set aside and then never touch it, once again, you're going to have the same problem we have in a lot of the forested areas.
Doug LaMalfa
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Douglas Lee LaMalfa is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, LaMalfa has focused on issues such as agriculture, natural resources, and rural development during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that support farmers and promote economic growth in his district, which encompasses a large portion of Northern California.
Last month, 27 of us sent a letter to TSA and CDC about their decision to renew the mandate through September 13.
I appreciate our ability to work on these issues together in a bipartisan way, in a productive way.
We have to have everything on the table as far as the private-sector helping with our Federal lands.
As I said, if Congress would bless the idea of preplanning the salvage so that resalvage outside of wilderness and roadless can go forward in an expedited fashion, that would enable us to get the fiber on a timely basis and help pay for…
We want farming the basin to continue, but we have to set up a much faster process to get the aid out.
I appreciate being able to sit in on the committee today, on this extremely important topic towards [inaudible] I think, especially for California and California agriculture.
Our markets are pretty open to foreign imports, but we don't seem to have the same level of enforcement.
If we can't require them to take our items back on export, then what is the best way to stop this unfair situation?
To my neighbor, Mr. Johansson there, California Farm Bureau, thank you for your testimony today and for your good work.





