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Mark Takano: It's my pleasure. You have seven points to our economic agenda. Really, comprehensive immigration reform should be the…

On the recordJune 25, 2013
It's my pleasure. You have seven points to our economic agenda. Really, comprehensive immigration reform should be the eighth one. The wealth of our country really is in the skills and knowledge of our people. We need to find the pathway for 11 million people--have them come out of the shadows, have a pathway to citizenship. That, tied together with investments and their skills and knowledge, really raises up the true wealth of our country, which is in her people.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California
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Jun 25, 2013

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