$9 million worth of medicine would have prevented billions of dollars of damage. And these are the type of things that we should be doing. Because Delay in dealing with the problems that we have equals death. It equals death of our forest that we managed so well a few decades ago. So I strongly support Congressman McClintock's bill, fittingly titled Proven Forest Management Act. It's a good common sense proposal. (01:08–01:21)
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Asserts that delays in addressing forest management issues lead to the destruction of forests.
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