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Henry Waxman: “I still think there are states' rights and states' prerogatives, and this really tramples on all of that.”

On the recordApril 5, 2011
I still think there are states' rights and states' prerogatives, and this really tramples on all of that.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman expresses concern about federal overreach affecting state rights.

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