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James Lankford: “So that pushes industry to say, well, we better come to the table or else we will be on the table.”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2014
So that pushes industry to say, well, we better come to the table or else we will be on the table.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the pressure on industries to comply with government regulations.

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