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James Lankford: “This was not a sudden decision late in June, that the administration thought this was a bad idea, let's delay it.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
This was not a sudden decision late in June, that the administration thought this was a bad idea, let's delay it.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the reasons behind the delay in the employer mandate.

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