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Glenn Thompson: “I would hope that NEPA would include the social cost of government bureaucracy and the impact on individual lives.”

On the recordMay 12, 2015
I would hope that NEPA would include the social cost of government bureaucracy and the impact on individual lives.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Thompson advocates for NEPA to consider the social costs of bureaucracy.

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