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Richard Blumenthal: “As a matter of fact, as Attorney General, I took legal action because this system is such a failure, an abject failure…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
As a matter of fact, as Attorney General, I took legal action because this system is such a failure, an abject failure, over many years in upholding the very interests that you have expressed in your testimony.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal criticizes the system's failure to protect interests related to fishing regulations.

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