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On the recordOctober 25, 2011
the President's Executive Order creates a new Federal bureaucracy that requires regional plans to be created whether States want it or not and in a manner that excludes stakeholders.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings criticizes the President's ocean policy for imposing federal control.

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