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On the recordMay 16, 2023
We will turn into a banana republic if we start going to projects that were fully permitted 5 years ago and say, we are going to reopen that.
Said by
John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso criticizes the Biden administration for reopening previously permitted projects.

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