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On the recordOctober 29, 2013
It's vitally important that we rein in such explosive growth and ask ourselves whether all of these laws and regulations are truly important.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers emphasizes the need to evaluate the necessity of numerous federal regulations.

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