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On the recordNovember 11, 2013
We are focusing on the people who are intentionally disobeying those laws and those standards, not the people who are willfully obeying by those laws.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Isakson clarifies the focus on intentional lawbreakers in the hearing.

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