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On the recordApril 15, 2013
Overly harsh restrictions on recreation or other land uses can have a severe negative economic impact on States and localities that rely on those activities.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx warns about the economic risks of strict land use restrictions.

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