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Tom McClintock: No single person, be they an unelected bureaucrat or federal judge, should ever have authority to initiate such an…

On the recordAugust 14, 2012
No single person, be they an unelected bureaucrat or federal judge, should ever have authority to initiate such an action.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock argues against unilateral federal actions on dam breaching.

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