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Pete Hoekstra: “The key to this is, it is not that these rules or regulations are good or bad, I think they go too far. This is taxpayer…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1997
The key to this is, it is not that these rules or regulations are good or bad, I think they go too far. This is taxpayer dollars. This is why we have too many families in America today that are two-wage-earner families as a requirement, not by choice, not by option, to support these kinds of activities.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the impact of regulations on American families and taxpayer dollars.

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