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Tom McClintock: This sweeping order...is asserting authority that Congress has hitherto reserved to itself through the Wild and Scenic…

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
This sweeping order...is asserting authority that Congress has hitherto reserved to itself through the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock argues that the order oversteps congressional authority.

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