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Deborah Koff Ross: “If I might just, again, clarify for the record, this is a reporting bill. It is a transparency bill. The standard that…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
If I might just, again, clarify for the record, this is a reporting bill. It is a transparency bill. The standard that my good friend from Massachusetts discusses, and that I agreed with, is not affected at all by this bill. I would have no doubt whatsoever that in similar circumstances that happened after 9/11 in those post offices, that those same employees, regardless of the risk, would do exactly what they did, because that is how valuable they are to the system. That is how valuable they are to this country. What I can't understand is what has transpired between voting this out of committee to today that has changed the opinion. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina
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May 24, 2017

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