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Henry Waxman: “The last thing this committee should do would be to set an artificial deadline and pressure the Department into granting…”

On the recordMay 22, 2011
The last thing this committee should do would be to set an artificial deadline and pressure the Department into granting the permit.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman cautions against rushing the decision on the project permit.

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