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On the recordMarch 5, 2018
When the Federal Government came in and said, 'You can't cut down any more of these trees, we are going to protect a bird,' the families that depend on this land have really been driven near poverty.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · Washington

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Discussing the impact of federal land restrictions on local communities.

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