I hope that the President and his administration is taking away a very hard-earned lesson from this experience, which is, if you're going to draft an executive order, do it with care, do it with scrutiny, and make sure it's constitutional.
Ferguson emphasizes the need for careful drafting of executive orders to ensure they are constitutional.
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Which I think overshadows what a significant contribution he’s made to our state, what a magnificent public servant he was.
That said, causing significant harm and inconvenience to the people of Washington state is not the way to address those issues.
If a project of this scale is going to proceed, it needs to come with a corresponding commitment to also increase our region’s capacity to prevent and respond to a catastrophic spill.
That is why federal resources we are requesting today are absolutely essential.
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