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Jim Risch: It is time that we move away from fundamental need to educate our children with revenues from timber harvest of public…

On the recordFebruary 5, 2014
It is time that we move away from fundamental need to educate our children with revenues from timber harvest of public forests.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Call to change reliance on timber sales for funding education.

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