[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS WEEK

  (Ms. GRAHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize National Forest 
Products Week and to acknowledge what an important role our forests 
play in all of our daily lives.
  The Second District of Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of 
acres of public and private forest lands. The Apalachicola National 
Forest alone is nearly 1,000 square miles.
  Just last week, I participated in a work day with the Nature 
Conservancy in the Apalachicola Forest to learn how responsible 
management can boost the economic and environmental value of 
forestland.
  I am proud that north Florida forests make such an important 
contribution to our country's economy and our environment. We depend on 
wood for the structure of our homes, the paper we write on, and a 
million different things in between, but most significantly for the 
oxygen we breathe.

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