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Cynthia Lummis: “I would like to ask whether primacy at the State level, as is sometimes used for environmental regulations, would be…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2013
I would like to ask whether primacy at the State level, as is sometimes used for environmental regulations, would be something that would be useful for inclusion in the Endangered Species Act.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis questions the potential benefits of state primacy in environmental regulations under the Endangered Species Act.

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