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Mike Quigley: I get it. But there are some things, and I think you just pointed to one of them, where the secretaries can act…

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
I get it. But there are some things, and I think you just pointed to one of them, where the secretaries can act unilaterally and change some of this that is creating a hardship.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Quigley acknowledges that some issues can be addressed by secretaries without congressional action.

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