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Cory Booker: This is what is hard for me to believe, the slowness with which this country is moving.

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
This is what is hard for me to believe, the slowness with which this country is moving.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker expresses frustration over the slow pace of U.S. aviation regulation.

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