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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
settlement agreements are often in the public's best interest because [the Service] has no effective legal defense to most deadline cases, and because settlement agreements facilitate issue resolution as a more expeditious and less costly alternative to litigation.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings discusses the effectiveness of settlement agreements in implementing the ESA.

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