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Elijah Cummings: “H.R. 122 seems to be a solution in search of a problem.”

On the recordMay 31, 2011
H.R. 122 seems to be a solution in search of a problem.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings critiques the necessity of H.R. 122 regarding official time for union representatives.

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