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Jared Huffman: Keeping the myth alive that terribly conceived projects like Auburn can somehow be built if we just clear away the…

On the recordNovember 29, 2017
Keeping the myth alive that terribly conceived projects like Auburn can somehow be built if we just clear away the environmental reviews and other obstacles so that you can score political points is a bad idea.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman argues against the notion that removing environmental reviews will lead to successful infrastructure projects.

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