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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
That is an extraordinarily circular form of logic, Chief Tidwell. You are closing off vast amounts of our forests, our public lands to public access.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock criticizes the reasoning for closing public lands.

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