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On the recordJuly 26, 2011
I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. If you think the project has merit, let it be approved on the merits, not rushed to judgment without public comment. Cutting the public out of the process and ramming this through will only increase opposition to this project. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on H.R. 1938. I reserve the balance of my time.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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