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Steve Daines: Would a short-term moratorium on lawsuits for high-risk timber or insect-infested timber--and, by the way…

On the recordApril 10, 2013
Would a short-term moratorium on lawsuits for high-risk timber or insect-infested timber--and, by the way, 'insect-infested timber' is D.C.-speak for dead trees.
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

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Daines discusses the impact of lawsuits on timber harvesting.

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