I certainly urge people to do the commonsense thing. We wanted to offer this amendment on the floor, but time limits did not let us do so. This simply says not a 5-year moratorium, only 2. We need to bring consensus together, bring the governors together, the retailers, and all the key people involved with a consensus, with renewing a moratorium in a responsible way.
Discussing the need to change a proposed 5-year moratorium to a 2-year moratorium.
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