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John Garamendi: “This hearing and the debate going on here is, I don't know, the 27th year, the 30th year of it.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
This hearing and the debate going on here is, I don't know, the 27th year, the 30th year of it.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi reflects on the prolonged nature of the ongoing debate.

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