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主席们援引五十多名联合国特别专家于去年发出的呼吁，要求采取果断措施，处理中国日益恶化的人权状况，并请秘书长报告为执行这一要求所做的工作，以及在采取紧急行动方面存在哪些障碍。
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SALEM, Ore. – A timber tax is under discussion in Salem this legislative session.
House Bill 2379 would impose a severance tax on timber owners at the time of harvest. That money would go into a statewide Emergency Wildfire Fund.
However, politicians have varying viewpoints on how this would impact the timber industry.
“[The timber industry are] the ones not causing catastrophic wildfires. You can’t ignore the decades of environmental neglect on the public landscape, where the fires are burning. [Then] attack the private timber owners that are managing that resource, in a way, that fires don’t burn,” said Republican State Representative David Brock Smith.
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Some Senate aides barred the doors of their offices as protesters beat on them, shouting profanities. As it became clear the Senate chamber was not safe, security officers ordered the senators to leave.
As politicians and staff rushed out, aides grabbed hold of the boxes containing the Electoral College certificates, making sure that the vandals could not literally steal the results of the election. If our capable floor staff hadn t grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob, said Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley.
Electoral College ballots sit on a table after they were rescued from the Senate floor.