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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 26, 2018
I think the Obama Administration was slow to get it started. I think the Trump Administration has not been aggressive enough in permitting a permitting reform executive director to be permanent.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Portman critiques both administrations on their handling of federal permitting.

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