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Jared Huffman: We know that Congress can be slow, that there are uncertainties in the process of moving through Congress. The question…

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
We know that Congress can be slow, that there are uncertainties in the process of moving through Congress. The question is: Why, in the case of something like this, when there is no opposition, all these economic benefits, should my district or any other district have to wait for this critically important designation? I think we should be very careful about repealing a bill that has stood the test of time and worked well for both Democrats and Republicans for more than a century, and I request a ``no'' vote on H.R. 1459.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California
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Mar 26, 2014

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