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On the recordNovember 16, 2021
We hope to move this bill expeditiously before the Christmas holidays. It may not solve the problem, but it will certainly be a wakeup call, or a slap across the bow of the ocean carriers and those that are operating in an unfair way, that the reform is coming.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi discusses urgency in passing shipping reform legislation.

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