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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a legislative hearing to examine and receive testimony on a number of forestry related bills. Barrasso’s bill, the Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2022, was discussed at the hearing.

The hearing featured testimony from Mr. John Crockett, associate deputy chief of State and Private Forestry at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service; Mr. Jeff Rupert, director of the Office of Wildland Fire at the U.S. Department of the Interior; Mr. James W. Hourdequin, CEO of the Lyme Timber Company; and Mr. Patrick O’Toole, president of the Family Farm Alliance.