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Gilbert Gutknecht: “Let me tell my colleagues, the status quo is not fine. Let me give my colleagues some of the reasons: Kathi Beck, 24…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2003
Let me tell my colleagues, the status quo is not fine. Let me give my colleagues some of the reasons: Kathi Beck, 24, Eugene, Oregon; Tami Bickett, 25, Powell Butte, Oregon; Scott Blecha, 27, Clatskanie, Oregon; Levi Brinkley, 22, Burns, Oregon; Robert Browning, no age given, of Savannah, Georgia; Doug Dunbar, 23, of Redmond, Oregon; Terri Hagen, 28, Prineville, Oregon; Bonnie Holtby, 21 years old, Prineville, Oregon; Rob Johnson, 26, Redmond, Oregon. John Kelso, 27, Prineville, Oregon; Don Mackey, 34, Hamilton, Montana; Roger Roth, 30, McCall, Idaho; James Thrash, 44, McCall, Idaho; Richard Tyler, 33, Grand Junction, Colorado. Those are the young people. Those are the young people who lost their lives in one forest fire.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Editor's note · Context

Opposing an amendment related to forest management and discussing the impact of forest fires.

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