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John McCain: Well, here we are with stringent economic measures needed to be taken, and we are spending $230,000 to put radio collars…

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
Well, here we are with stringent economic measures needed to be taken, and we are spending $230,000 to put radio collars on bighorn sheep, and maybe we need to put radio collars on bighorn sheep, but to call that a mitigation of the environmental impact of the border fence obviously is a great stretch of the imagination.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain criticizes spending on environmental projects amid economic concerns.

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