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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The Republican Senator from Missouri, Chris Bond, inserted it into an SBA reauthorization.

On the recordJune 25, 2013
The Republican Senator from Missouri, Chris Bond, inserted it into an SBA reauthorization.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses the origins of a program initiated without hearings.

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