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Nancy L. Johnson: This is a negotiation. And what you are doing is prejudging the negotiation. That is what a motion to instruct does.…

On the recordDecember 16, 2005
This is a negotiation. And what you are doing is prejudging the negotiation. That is what a motion to instruct does. This motion to instruct is across so many categories that it will do damage to our ability to get the right answer in all of the policy areas that we have responsibility for.
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Nancy L. Johnson
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