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On the recordJuly 18, 2012
Congress decided that a layered high risk--a layered approach of inspecting only high-risk cargo...was not sufficient.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler emphasizes Congress's decision on cargo scanning requirements.

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