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James Lankford: “Sometimes when you actually establish regulation when there is no problem, the usual result is some kind of overreach in…”

On the recordMay 30, 2012
Sometimes when you actually establish regulation when there is no problem, the usual result is some kind of overreach in coming up with an abstract that does not fit the reality that happens to be there at the time.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford warns against regulatory overreach in the absence of real issues.

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