Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing today, and I want to also thank Mr. Jim Iwanicki from my district in Northern Michigan for coming to Washington to tell us about the tremendous obstacles he had in simply building a county road through a working forest in the Upper Peninsula, and the difficulties he has had with the EPA.
Benishek acknowledges Iwanicki's challenges with the EPA regarding road construction.
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