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On the recordNovember 28, 2017
NEPA itself was never intended to be an obstructionist part of our infrastructure, nor building of any other thing. But it has been used as that.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Young criticizes NEPA for being misused as an obstruction to infrastructure projects.

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