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Candice S. Miller: “I feel very, very strongly, a vast majority, a bipartisan majority of this House feel that all of us should be directly…”

On the recordJune 2, 2004
I feel very, very strongly, a vast majority, a bipartisan majority of this House feel that all of us should be directly elected by the people. I think the bill we passed previously does address that in a realistic way.
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Candice S. Miller
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of direct election in the context of post-9/11 legislative changes.

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