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Tom Tiffany: “The preservationist mentality does not work. It does not…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 06:49

But you had the radical environmental groups that were filing a lawsuit saying, no, you can't cut those trees. Well, that ended up costing us 20% of the, the sequoias in California. The preservationist mentality does not work. It does not lead to prosperity and actually ends up harming the environment. What we need to do is have good management. Wisconsin is one of the key swing states in America and we saw that again in the November elections. (06:49–06:57)

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Asserts that a preservationist approach is ineffective and harmful to the environment.

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