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On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
I am here to participate with a question. Why do we not have a bill instead of a discussion draft with these distinguished witnesses who are here?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers questions the absence of a formal bill for discussion.

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