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On the recordJune 2, 2015
It is so hard to get anything done in this country anymore. We used to be a can do country, and now we are a you can't do that country.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Rice laments the increasing difficulty of accomplishing projects due to regulations.

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