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Barbara Mikulski: “I think where we all agree, then, is less Washington mandates, but certainly descriptive rather than prescriptive.”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
I think where we all agree, then, is less Washington mandates, but certainly descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Mikulski advocates for fewer federal mandates in favor of flexibility.

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