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On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
But they looked at it and figured, 'Well, surely you can trust the Federal Government, they are going to be sharing timber revenue with us, so that will be OK.'
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert discusses broken promises regarding federal land management and timber revenue sharing.

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