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On the recordDecember 8, 2015
Here is the double standard. If you are a private citizen and you have an accident with a backhoe, you go to jail for spilling 1,500 gallons.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock highlights the disparity in consequences for individuals versus EPA officials.

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