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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
With all due respect, I have hundreds of sawmill families that are out of work today because of your policies. I would call that a distress.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting job losses in the timber industry due to current forest management policies.

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