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On the recordJuly 15, 2015
What would you expect that they would do? What percentage or number that you would expect that they would do on a regular basis or is there a certain age to look at it and say, This rule is 30 years old and maybe it needs to be reevaluated?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the effectiveness of agency rule evaluations.

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