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Zoe Lofgren: If this was a mandate that could have been easily fulfilled, it would have been fulfilled back in the 1990's when it was…

On the recordNovember 12, 2013
If this was a mandate that could have been easily fulfilled, it would have been fulfilled back in the 1990's when it was first implemented.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lofgren references a witness's point about the challenges of implementing the entry-exit system.

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