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Joe Manchin: “The only folks winning today are the lawyers. And I said perhaps they need to change the mascot from the Libby Loggers…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
The only folks winning today are the lawyers. And I said perhaps they need to change the mascot from the Libby Loggers to the Libby Lawyers.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing litigation hindering forest management and benefiting lawyers over loggers.

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