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On the recordDecember 4, 2019
I've been a longtime advocate of the reinstatement of the OTA as a bipartisan, independent source of sound technical and scientific analysis.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Bill Foster supports reinstating the OTA for better technical analysis in Congress.

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