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On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
I think it is a complication. And this whole discussion about giving it back to the States or something based on a model, it is a huge complication, it is a constitutional complication.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva discusses the complexities of state versus federal management.

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