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On the recordApril 11, 2013
Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, I have no other questions other than a disagreement with your analogy example of taking all those barrels of waste, and it would be like 20 times the size of the House chamber.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona
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Editor's note · Context

Expressed disagreement with an analogy regarding waste size compared to the House chamber.

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