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On the recordJune 3, 2009
The legislation goes exactly in the wrong direction, so much so that even President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Secretary of State Clinton are running away from it.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler criticizes the legislation's direction and notes the silence of top officials on it.

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