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On the recordMay 13, 2012
It used to be that lumber companies would bid for timber on Federal lands. They would pay the Federal Treasury to purchase that Federal timber.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock discusses the shift in timber sales from profit-making to costly for taxpayers.

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