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On the recordNovember 18, 2010
I guess, after the last election, I had naively thought that we could come back and get away from the political sniping and focus on governing, but it sounds like that is not the case, and that's unfortunate. This was a bill that was passed in the House with strong bipartisan support. It certainly was not anything that was political but was something that was needed and necessary. Unfortunately, I think that we are going to continue to hear about politics rather than about governing.
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Michael Arcuri
New York

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Arcuri expresses disappointment over continued political sniping instead of focusing on governance.

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