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Tom McClintock: Aren't virtually all of those costs the direct result of the bureaucratic regulations that groups like Mr. Spain's have…

On the recordAugust 14, 2012
Aren't virtually all of those costs the direct result of the bureaucratic regulations that groups like Mr. Spain's have been successful in imposing?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock links relicensing costs to bureaucratic regulations affecting hydropower.

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