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Rob Wittman: “When you remove that term, 'to the extent practicable,' then you allow no flexibility, you allow no consideration for…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2021
When you remove that term, 'to the extent practicable,' then you allow no flexibility, you allow no consideration for gear changes for what happens in the real world.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman critiques Huffman's bill for removing flexibility in fisheries management.

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