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John Shimkus: “And I would just end, Joe Barton stole the phrase I was going to use from Ronald Reagan, trust but verify.”

On the recordApril 1, 2014
And I would just end, Joe Barton stole the phrase I was going to use from Ronald Reagan, trust but verify.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus emphasizes the importance of verifying claims about the future of the Internet.

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