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Gary Peters: “We need to do a much better job of, certainly, recognition of competition, but also there needs to be some sort of…”

On the recordMay 10, 2016
We need to do a much better job of, certainly, recognition of competition, but also there needs to be some sort of collaboration there to work together and to move forward.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters stresses the importance of collaboration between agencies working on fuel economy.

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