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On the recordJune 27, 2017
At these hearings, I have often been reminded of Eric Hoffer's line that every great cause becomes a movement that becomes a business that becomes a racket. And that might be making the environmental attorneys rich, but it is killing our forests.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock criticizes environmental litigation's impact on forests and suggests it benefits attorneys financially.

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