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Chris Coons: What problems are we really trying to solve? What empirical evidence is there that these changes will actually solve…

On the recordNovember 4, 2013
What problems are we really trying to solve? What empirical evidence is there that these changes will actually solve those problems?
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons questions the rationale behind proposed rule changes without empirical support.

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