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Mike Rounds: “These citizen suits are being used to perpetuate what is often referred to as a sue-and-settle process.”

On the recordAugust 3, 2015
These citizen suits are being used to perpetuate what is often referred to as a sue-and-settle process.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota

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Rounds criticizes the misuse of citizen suits in environmental litigation.

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