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Joe Biden: “The role of the Federal Government, it seems to me, should be doing what we do best and let the States do what they do…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2003
The role of the Federal Government, it seems to me, should be doing what we do best and let the States do what they do best.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
congress.gov
Sep 3, 2003

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Biden discusses the federal government's role in terrorism response.

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