Tim Sheehy: “We used to have 36 timber mills in Montana. Now we have…”

“Meanwhile, their student loans are being paid for by hardworking Montanans. So we need more trainsmen that can actually build our homes. We have to unleash the timber industry. We used to have 36 timber mills in Montana. Now we have five. I know a little bit about our forests because I fight wildfires for a living. Our forests are so mismanaged, we can't get cheap timber out of Montana.” (26:19–26:23)

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