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Garret Graves: “I supported the intention of it, but I think it was the right move to withdraw and think a little bit more about how to…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2019
I supported the intention of it, but I think it was the right move to withdraw and think a little bit more about how to properly do it.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Graves discusses his mixed feelings about President Obama's floodplain rebuilding executive order.

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