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Peter Roskam: You can walk and chew gum at the same time.

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
You can walk and chew gum at the same time.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Roskam emphasizes the need for concurrent action on multiple requests.

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