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Tom McClintock: “I think if the motive is just to stop the process, that is not a good use of the law.”

On the recordJune 15, 2009
I think if the motive is just to stop the process, that is not a good use of the law.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock critiques the use of laws aimed at halting progress.

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