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Kim Schrier: “We could approach this immediately [housing costs] by…”

Featuring: Kim Schrier, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, 8th Congressional District

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Schrier talks district concerns, acknowledges families are feeling pinch from high costs

Published | Video Starts at 01:20

That's right. Well, there's lots of ways to address it. I represent a district that has a lot of national forests that needs management. And so one way I think We could approach this immediately [housing costs] by pulling out the small diameter trees, decrease the risk of catastrophic wildfires and use those trees for cross laminated timber. which is just as strong as steel. That's what we should be using in Washington state to build our houses. What do. (01:20–01:32)

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Asserts a method to address housing costs and wildfire risks using small diameter trees for timber.

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