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On the recordApril 7, 2014
It is very difficult for people in the local community to trust the bureaucrats in Washington when they give an answer like that that affects hundreds of people.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis expresses distrust in federal bureaucrats regarding local community impacts.

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