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Tom McClintock: “After 50 years of experience with NEPA, the results are devastating: entire communities wiped out by catastrophic fire.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2023
After 50 years of experience with NEPA, the results are devastating: entire communities wiped out by catastrophic fire.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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Highlighting the failures of NEPA in preventing wildfires.

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