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Cliff Bentz: “Some of these environmental groups have net worths in the…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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I checked some time ago to see how much some of these environmental groups were worth that were filing these lawsuits, and it's astounding. Some of these environmental groups have net worths in the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. Do you think that if someone has the financial wherewithal to afford one of these lawsuits that we should be subsidizing that activity through this thing that was put together so many years ago? (00:50–01:01)

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Asserts that certain environmental groups have net worths in the hundreds of millions.

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