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Tom Tiffany: “Over 200 mills over the last 30 years have been closed…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Rep. Tom Tiffany Speaks On The Abuse Of The Equal Access To Justice Acts By Environmental NGOs

Published | Video Starts at 03:01

If you're not able to get permits, things like that, delay is death. So Mr. Joseph, when I was out to Yosemite a couple years ago, I heard the story about how Over 200 mills over the last 30 years have been closed across the Sierras in part because of stuff like this. What has been the impact of Egypt in contributing to this loss of manufacturing businesses across the West? Well, you said it. EJA allows litigation. Litigation leads to delay. (03:01–03:09)

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