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On the recordMay 20, 2009
We may still have a role to play in all of this; and that role has to do with negotiating with this Administration about what they are going to do to help ease the pain on these dealers.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters discusses the potential role of Congress in negotiating support for auto dealers.

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