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Bernie Sanders: “It shouldn't take you 28 years to make sure that a project…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 43:58

And therefore we don't have to worry about the environment. We don't have to worry about bigotry and racism. I don't believe in that. But It shouldn't take you 28 years to make sure that a project is environmentally sound, for example. So you're right. I mean, they can use that as. But I want to get back to this point, give you an example. (43:58–44:05)

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Asserts that environmental project approvals should not take excessively long, like 28 years.

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