Can you tell me, Chief, why is it that we are not allowing more timber harvesting when doing so would produce not only economic opportunities and aid a lot of these rural communities who have suffered so much in recent decades?
Mike Lee: “Can you tell me, Chief, why is it that we are not allowing more timber harvesting when doing so would produce not only…”
On the recordJune 14, 2017
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Senator Lee questions the lack of timber harvesting despite its benefits.
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