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Steve Pearce: We don't need more wilderness here, because that is choking off our economic potential.

On the recordMay 1, 2017
We don't need more wilderness here, because that is choking off our economic potential.
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Steve Pearce
New Mexico

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Pearce emphasizes local concerns about wilderness designations impacting economic growth.

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