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November 7, 2020
Press Release

AF&PA Comments on 2020 Presidential Election

CONTACT: Tim Ebner

(202) 463-2587, comm@afandpa.org

WASHINGTON — The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in response to major news organizations declaring the presidential election outcome:

“AF&PA congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. Our members are committed to preserving and growing the economic contributions of the industry and its individual companies to society; fostering the well-being of their communities; promoting sustainable manufacturing practices, energy generation and conservation, and fiber procurement measures that protect the environment; and, ensuring our resources will be as available for future generations as they are today. These sustainable practices are the foundation of our industry.  

We look forward to working with the Biden administration and Congress on behalf of the approximately 950,000 forest products industry employees who are manufacturing essential and sustainable paper and wood-based products that are used daily by people across the country and around the world. AF&PA remains committed to advancing public policies that foster economic growth, job creation and international competitiveness in this vital sector.”

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance public policies that foster economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness for a vital sector that makes the essential paper and packaging products Americans use every day. The U.S. forest products industry employs more than 925,000 people, largely in rural America, and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 44 states. Our industry accounts for approximately 4.7% of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufacturing more than $435 billion in products annually. AF&PA member companies are significant producers and users of renewable biomass energy and are committed to making sustainable products for a sustainable future through the industry’s decades-long initiative — Better Practices, Better Planet 2030.