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Pete Ricketts: This to me seems to be an expansion of executive power.

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
This to me seems to be an expansion of executive power.
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Pete Ricketts
Nebraska

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Ricketts criticizes the expansion of the definition of navigable waters.

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