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On the recordOctober 10, 2011
Is there any possible rationale you could suggest for this many people that work in the same field that you do, or did work, in having so different a view from you about the bill that we are discussing today?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Questioning the rationale behind opposition to a bill from numerous environmental organizations.

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