Jim Risch said "We have never been able to do that before. It is going to make it possible for us to get saw logs to mills in eastern Oregon--we have got communities there with more than 20 percent unemployment--and, at the same time, also protect some of the old growth that Oregonians treasure." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 16, 2009

We have never been able to do that before. It is going to make it possible for us to get saw logs to mills in eastern Oregon--we have got communities there with more than 20 percent unemployment--and, at the same time, also protect some of the old growth that Oregonians treasure.

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Jim Risch

Republican · Idaho

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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Risch discusses a successful collaboration between timber industry and environmentalists in Oregon.

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