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On the recordJuly 17, 2013
It definitely creates more input, but it creates more input and more activity because you are chasing down 100 issues now, rather than dealing with the first one.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the complexity of addressing multiple issues instead of focusing on one.

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