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Carl Levin: “That is not a practical problem. That is a matter of issuing a directive saying it is now 8 hours or it is now 12 hours.”

On the recordNovember 15, 2010
That is not a practical problem. That is a matter of issuing a directive saying it is now 8 hours or it is now 12 hours.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Senator Levin emphasizes the simplicity of issuing a time directive.

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