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Darrell Issa: So the reason I couldn't get a single Democratic cosponsor, including my good friend Howard Berman when he was here, was…

On the recordDecember 1, 2014
So the reason I couldn't get a single Democratic cosponsor, including my good friend Howard Berman when he was here, was that the interest groups that were just named by my colleague from California all said they will never sign up for this because in fact they would come out of the shadows, expose themselves, and at any time could be deported.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Issa explains the lack of Democratic support for a proposal due to fear of deportation.

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