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On the recordJune 19, 2026
“There certainly are instances where you need active management,” Wyden said during today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. “But when people hear that the Roadless Rule is being wiped out, they say nobody's going in there with a scalpel. They're going in there more with a cannon.”
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden comments on the Roadless Rule during a Senate hearing.

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