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Al Franken: “So we're talking about the end of 2011 for a law that was written in 2001? That's 10 years to promulgate the rules.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2010
So we're talking about the end of 2011 for a law that was written in 2001? That's 10 years to promulgate the rules.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken highlights the lengthy process of rule promulgation since the law's inception.

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