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Frank Pallone: “We want to tell them, the Federal Government, what they can and cannot do. So much for states' rights.”

On the recordJune 22, 2017
We want to tell them, the Federal Government, what they can and cannot do. So much for states' rights.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone highlights hypocrisy in federal restrictions on state flexibility.

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