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Bruce Westerman: we don't think career bureaucrats buried in some cubicle over in some nondescript building should be determining what…

On the recordJune 14, 2023
we don't think career bureaucrats buried in some cubicle over in some nondescript building should be determining what happens out on our Federal lands.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman criticizes bureaucrats' control over federal land management.

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