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On the recordJune 10, 2014
Why does everybody have to ask 'Mother, may I?' to the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers if they just want to build a home for somebody?
Said by
Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky

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Massie criticizes the permit process for homebuilders as overly restrictive.

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