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On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
The practice of allowing wage rate flexibility in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands ended in 2007.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana

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John Fleming explains changes to wage rate flexibility in the territories.

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