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Mike Simpson: “We got through a whole hearing without talking about quagga mussels. I just had to throw that term out there.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
We got through a whole hearing without talking about quagga mussels. I just had to throw that term out there.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Simpson humorously notes the absence of discussion on quagga mussels during the hearing.

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