Jim Bunn said "I think it is about time we bring common sense back into the formula. I have listened to the extremists say if lightning strikes, let the trees burn and ignore the jobs. I think it is totally absurd when we are trying to find a balance, we are trying to maintain a sustainable yield, that we will not take the pressure off the green timber, but instead we have an opportunity to salvage trees that are going to rot if we do not do it. We are simply going to lose 22,000 jobs and deny the opportunity to maintain a sustainable yield. I urge a ``no'' vote on the Yates amendment." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 15, 1995

I think it is about time we bring common sense back into the formula. I have listened to the extremists say if lightning strikes, let the trees burn and ignore the jobs. I think it is totally absurd when we are trying to find a balance, we are trying to maintain a sustainable yield, that we will not take the pressure off the green timber, but instead we have an opportunity to salvage trees that are going to rot if we do not do it. We are simply going to lose 22,000 jobs and deny the opportunity to maintain a sustainable yield. I urge a ``no'' vote on the Yates amendment.

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Jim Bunn

Republican · Oregon

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the impact of the Yates amendment on jobs and sustainable forestry practices.

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