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Jimmy Panetta: “It was almost done--I hate to sound conspiratorial, but almost a secretive kind of process and not one that we are used…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2017
It was almost done--I hate to sound conspiratorial, but almost a secretive kind of process and not one that we are used to in fisheries management.
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Jimmy Panetta
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the lack of transparency in the process related to the Antiquities Act.

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