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On the recordDecember 5, 2017
In my view, it would allow people to walk around State and local laws that we have today, and maybe that's what people want.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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DeLauro criticizes legislation that could undermine existing state and local laws.

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