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Cory Booker: “When the Endangered Species Act came out, everyone said the economy would be destroyed, it was going to have horrible…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
When the Endangered Species Act came out, everyone said the economy would be destroyed, it was going to have horrible effects. Quite the contrary, the American economy continued to surge.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker highlights the positive economic impact of the Endangered Species Act.

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