Washington, March 4 -- Congresswoman Andrea Salinas issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) offered her full Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act as an amendment during the House Agriculture Committee's Farm Bill markup. Parts of her legislation were included in the Farm Bill. However, as Ranking Member of the Forestry Subcommittee, Rep. Salinas urged her colleagues to include her full legislation and to do more to boost the development of innovative wood product technologies, such as mass timber construction, which not only supports Oregon's critical timber industry, but also addresses the housing crisis.
A transcript of Salinas' remarks is available below:
Thank you, Mr. Chai...