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John Sarbanes: “Even the business roundtable has said that we should be looking at existing law, not layer on new laws to the NEPA…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
Even the business roundtable has said that we should be looking at existing law, not layer on new laws to the NEPA process.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Citing business leaders' preference for maintaining existing NEPA laws.

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