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On the recordSeptember 26, 2016
I am not a big fan of a lot of acronyms, and it always was not clear to me why we would sort of--instead of actually calling an Agency what it--by a name that would actually tell you what it does, we call this one NPPD.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper expresses confusion over agency acronyms and advocates for clearer naming.

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