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On the recordJuly 21, 2014
I was at the Executive Office Building the day the law was signed into law on July 22, 2014.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney recalls witnessing the signing of the WIOA law by President Obama.

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