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On the recordNovember 16, 2011
I would tell you that if the effort is to create the impression that failure to come forward with a proposed alternative statutory proposal is the only acceptable way to engage on that issue, I think that is wrong.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo criticizes the expectation for stakeholders to propose statutory language for engagement.

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