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Henry Waxman: “So now they are attempting to do, by regulation, what cannot be done through legislation.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
So now they are attempting to do, by regulation, what cannot be done through legislation.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes the use of regulation to achieve what failed in legislation.

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