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On the recordJune 27, 2007
People look out, and they see the failures of government, whether it's Katrina or whether it's the inability to get enough passports out for people. And they say, how are they going to accomplish all of this?
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Senator Feinstein discusses public skepticism about the government's ability to manage immigration reform.

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