Forestry plays an important role in the rural economy. The forest product industry employs almost 900,000 people across the country not including jobs directly supporting the industry, and in 2012, the forest products industry had an economic impact approaching $190 billion.
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The Committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining today's hearing.
In 2022, Chairman Comer and I, with more than 125 of our Republican colleagues, asked the Government Accountability Office to evaluate foreign investments in U.S. farmland.
I guarantee you, we will prove them wrong, and the reason for that is the arguments that you have made of why this is important to do now.
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