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Chris Van Hollen: “If there is a regulation that is not serving its purpose, we should be getting rid of it.”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2017
If there is a regulation that is not serving its purpose, we should be getting rid of it.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen emphasizes the need to eliminate ineffective regulations.

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