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Lynn C. Woolsey: “My Republican colleagues should hear themselves over there. I have been sitting up in my office listening to this…”

On the recordMay 20, 2003
My Republican colleagues should hear themselves over there. I have been sitting up in my office listening to this debate. They are saying our forests are diseased. They are right. But I ask, when was the last time they supported adequate funding for forest disease research in any of our bills? They rightfully worry about fires devastating our forests. But I ask, when last did they support any kind of growth control, any kind of control that would prevent neighborhoods from butting up against our forests? Their solution is right, cut the trees. Because if there are no trees, there will be no forest fires.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Addressing forest management and funding for disease research during a debate.

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