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Jason Smith: “My bill is very simple. It removes a key incentive for environmental groups to sue Federal agencies by preventing those…”

On the recordMay 23, 2017
My bill is very simple. It removes a key incentive for environmental groups to sue Federal agencies by preventing those agencies from paying the environmental groups' attorney's fees.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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Smith discusses his legislation aimed at limiting taxpayer funding for environmental lawsuits.

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