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James Lankford: “Is it inappropriate to ask any agency not to be able to make a consent decree if you are changing a discretionary…”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
Is it inappropriate to ask any agency not to be able to make a consent decree if you are changing a discretionary authority to a mandatory authority?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford raises concerns about changing regulatory authority from discretionary to mandatory.

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