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Lisa Murkowski: “The joke that, 'Congress does cut the red tape, but it cuts it sideways.'”

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
The joke that, 'Congress does cut the red tape, but it cuts it sideways.'
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski comments on bureaucratic delays caused by Congress.

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