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  1. List of paraphrases for "red-tape":

    bureaucracy, bureaucratic

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  1. California Governor Jerry Brown:

    This emergency proclamation cuts red tape and helps the state quickly mobilize all available resources, we will do everything necessary to protect California's coastline.

  2. Donal Noonan:

    So many have fallen through the system -- have no birth certificates, no ID's, no drivers' licenses and to try and get it ... they get swallowed by red tape, they have no ID's so they can't go through TSA.

  3. Gerry Scimeca:

    Always, the best solution is going to be stiff penalties and jail time for people who perpetuate fraud and to try not to do anything that is going to burden the legitimate playing field with government red tape.

  4. Lee Stiles:

    Spanish and Morocco growers have also decided to sell to Europe instead to avoid the costs of a four-day road trip to Britain, additional fuels costs, customs fees, red tape and queues at the border.

  5. Peter Moses Gutierrez Jr.:

    The state is moving to cut red tape and mobilize all available resources to protect public health and the environment.

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