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Chris Van Hollen: “The entire purpose of putting this in statute with some automatic types of severe responses is to take away the…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2018
The entire purpose of putting this in statute with some automatic types of severe responses is to take away the uncertainty...
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen emphasizes the need for clear statutory responses to deter interference.

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