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Cliff Bentz: “The immense overgrown condition of the forest.”

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

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Rep. Bentz Discusses Our Nations Federal Forests with Chief U.S. Forest Service Tom Schultz

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

But we need to call out who is responsible. We need your help in doing that. So can you provide us with a couple of things? First, the reference was to The immense overgrown condition of the forest. Is that correct? Is that a correct statement? I think the word was morbidly overgrown used by Congressman McClintock. Was he correct, Mr. Bentz? Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir. (03:19–03:23)

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Asserts that forests are in an overgrown condition, contributing to fire risk.

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