We killed the forestry industry in America. We now import as much timber as we used to harvest here. And Last year, just in one Department of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, we spent nine times as much fighting fires as we did on getting paid for timber leases. We've got to switch that around. We got to get back in. We've got to get the private sector back in our forest that helps maintain their health. (07:41–07:52)
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Asserts that the Bureau of Land Management spent nine times more on firefighting than it earned from timber leases last year.
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