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Cliff Bentz: “Higher freight bills are being driven in significant part by…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Bentz joins Full Committee Markup on the Natural Resources Committee regarding the SPEED Act

Published | Video Starts at 01:44

No one seems to want to talk about the fact that if we don't have roads and bridges, we're not going to have the ability to deliver stuff that needs. That people need in the grocery stores. And those Higher freight bills are being driven in significant part by NEPA because of the delays in trying to build our freeways. I'm from Oregon, so I just want to talk about timber removal. We have enormous amounts of timber in Oregon and a lot of it's been burning up. And why? (01:44–01:53)

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Asserts that NEPA significantly contributes to higher freight bills due to freeway construction delays.

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