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Raul Ruiz: “Eliminating the process and putting it in the hands of a hyper-partisan, dysfunctional Congress is counter-intuitive to…”

On the recordOctober 27, 2015
Eliminating the process and putting it in the hands of a hyper-partisan, dysfunctional Congress is counter-intuitive to the goals of transparency, consistency, and integrity.
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Raul Ruiz
Democratic · California

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Ruiz warns against politicizing the federal recognition process.

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