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Pete Stauber: “Unfortunately, like any well-meaning law, it is being abused by an activist class of lawyers and others ideologically…”

On the recordApril 17, 2023
Unfortunately, like any well-meaning law, it is being abused by an activist class of lawyers and others ideologically opposed to any sort of human progress.
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Pete Stauber
Republican · Minnesota

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Stauber criticizes the misuse of the Endangered Species Act by activists.

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