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Virginia Foxx: “I have always admired the purpose and spirit of UMRA, but weaknesses in the law have been exploited in the intervening…”

On the recordApril 25, 2017
I have always admired the purpose and spirit of UMRA, but weaknesses in the law have been exploited in the intervening decades, and they need to be addressed.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Virginia Foxx acknowledges flaws in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act that need fixing.

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