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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Thanks, Mr. Chairman. And I can't dispute the Ranking Member's complaint that things really did accelerate over the course of the last few weeks, but on the other hand, we have been negotiating.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado

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Perlmutter responds to concerns about the speed of legislative progress.

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