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On the recordMay 19, 2009
It's regrettable that a dangerous and totally unrelated provision was added to a very important consumer protection bill, and you should not pass a consumer bill in the barrel of a gun. It is really wrong but that's the way the system was.
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Sean Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney expresses regret over the unrelated gun provision in the Credit Card Reform Bill.

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