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On the recordApril 17, 2013
the penalties in this bill are so draconian and misguided that even a government that never took a prohibited action would be hobbled financially by it.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler argues that the bill's penalties are excessively harsh and financially burdensome.

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