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Tim Walberg: “We recognized then--as we do now--that the bill passed by the House during the 112th Congress was simply a first step.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2013
We recognized then--as we do now--that the bill passed by the House during the 112th Congress was simply a first step.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Walberg acknowledges that previous legislation was just an initial effort for reform.

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