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Raúl Grijalva: We had to take actions to try to address the concerns, because those were legitimate concerns that the States were…

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
We had to take actions to try to address the concerns, because those were legitimate concerns that the States were expressing, as well.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva acknowledges the need to address legitimate concerns raised by states.

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