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On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
We have a bill called 'The Taxpayers Right-to-Know' that passed unanimously in the House and over here is being held up by, I think, five of my colleagues that do not want to do it.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses a bill for government transparency being stalled in the Senate.

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