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Henry Waxman: “I hear this all the time, and I have heard it all my career. I have got a simple bill, totally common sense. It only…”

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
I hear this all the time, and I have heard it all my career. I have got a simple bill, totally common sense. It only deals with a problem that is on people's minds.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman critiques the misleading simplicity of some legislative proposals.

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