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John Shimkus: “If we truly want a bipartisan process to go forward, we can't have this fight between urban and rural. We just can't do…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2011
If we truly want a bipartisan process to go forward, we can't have this fight between urban and rural. We just can't do it.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus emphasizes the need for unity in addressing urban-rural divides in policy.

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