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José E. Serrano: “Your comment would be perfect if we had never tried this before. We have tried it and it hasn't worked.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
Your comment would be perfect if we had never tried this before. We have tried it and it hasn't worked.
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José E. Serrano
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Serrano expresses skepticism about a government collection method due to past failures.

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