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Carl Levin: Congress has the opportunity to amend the language anytime it wants to, and perhaps it should.

On the recordNovember 19, 2014
Congress has the opportunity to amend the language anytime it wants to, and perhaps it should.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin suggests Congress should amend regulatory language if necessary.

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