[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16462]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS WEEK

  (Mr. ABRAHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of National 
Forest Products Week. I would like to recognize the more than 18,000 
hardworking men and women who are employed by the forest products 
industry in Louisiana, including nearly 2,500 working in the pulp and 
paper sector in my district alone.
  Many of America's forests exist to support a strong market for forest 
products--markets that encourage landowners to replant forests 
responsibly and manage them sustainably. In Louisiana, this industry 
provides hardworking Americans with over $1.1 billion in compensation 
every year and is a top 10 manufacturing sector in the State.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating National Forest 
Products Week and reflect on the fact that, today, the U.S. has 20 
percent more trees than it did on the first Earth Day in 1970. 
Together, let's ensure that the sustainable and renewable products that 
come from these forests endure for generations to come.

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