07/21/2009
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"We've been working with the State Department and I know they have someone here today so we're going to be hearing from them."
"It allows the Secretary of State to grant a waiver of up to an additional 3 years, 4 years total, so that foreign tourists can renew their visas without having to jump through the hoops of another in-..."
"There are a lot of good ideas out there and we want to discuss a few common sense solutions, simple fixes that can expand our country's tourism sector at no cost to taxpayers."
"Sadly, since 9/11, we've lost 16 percent of the international tourism business."