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On the recordJune 19, 2019
We must be clear eyed about the impacts on all Americans of the policy we pass because that's what Article I of the constitution requires we do.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus stresses the constitutional responsibility to consider the effects of policies on all Americans.

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