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Tom McClintock: “No one person should have the authority to lock up millions of acres of land with the stroke of a pen.”

On the recordMay 1, 2017
No one person should have the authority to lock up millions of acres of land with the stroke of a pen.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing presidential authority over land management decisions.

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