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Joyce Beatty: “It seems a little shortsighted to hold a legislative hearing on a bill to reform one of the most effective agencies in…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2014
It seems a little shortsighted to hold a legislative hearing on a bill to reform one of the most effective agencies in the Federal Government, when what we should be doing is holding legislative hearings on H.R. 4950, a bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.
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Joyce Beatty
Democratic · Ohio

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Beatty criticizes the focus on reforming agencies instead of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank.

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