04/18/2023
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"This is regulation by imagination. This is the worst waste of Federal resources that I can imagine."
"H.R. 7157, my Strengthen Wood Product Supply Chains Act is simply a bill that asks for some rational process by which foreign, exotic woods are regulated as they come into the United States."
"Thanks to the hard work of Reps. Duarte and Costa, whose wood product industry in California has experienced many of these importation issues."
"That goes from $500 to $1,000 a day per container, which adds up if you have multiple containers in a shipment and they are all held."