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Tom McClintock: “I wish my colleagues from other states where the Federal Government holds maybe 1 percent of the land area would…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2017
I wish my colleagues from other states where the Federal Government holds maybe 1 percent of the land area would consider what would happen to their communities if the Federal Government suddenly took over 93 percent of the land area.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock argues against federal land control affecting local communities.

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