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On the recordJuly 17, 2017
Every DOI decision cannot be popular with everyone. But I submit that an unpopular decision is not evidence of natural resources laws gone astray.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Defending unpopular decisions made by the Department of the Interior.

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