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Mark Takano: “So this really should be called the Screw Workers and Screw Small Businesses Act.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
So this really should be called the Screw Workers and Screw Small Businesses Act.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano criticizes a bill that he believes harms workers and small businesses.

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