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James Lankford: “If we are going to do that, should we not actually go through the full process and to be able to say, new people are…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2015
If we are going to do that, should we not actually go through the full process and to be able to say, new people are affected by this that were not previously affected.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford emphasizes the need for full process adherence in rulemaking.

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