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Bennie Thompson: “I think implicit in that is if it is not feasible, practicable, affordable; whether it would have undue interference.”

On the recordJune 24, 2012
I think implicit in that is if it is not feasible, practicable, affordable; whether it would have undue interference.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson discusses the implications of Congress granting waiver powers to the Secretary.

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