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Mike Levin: all that passed here was an extension of TAA, and for the gentleman to get up here and say otherwise is simply wrong. We…

On the recordJune 26, 2002
all that passed here was an extension of TAA, and for the gentleman to get up here and say otherwise is simply wrong. We did not consider anything but the very, very continuation of the present structure for a short period of time.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Defending the passage of the Trade Adjustment Assistance extension.

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