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James Lankford: “So when the rule was changed in 2008, no one went back and confirmed it and said, hey, we need to get all of this…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2013
So when the rule was changed in 2008, no one went back and confirmed it and said, hey, we need to get all of this paperwork cleaned up; we have a gap in the file----
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the lack of follow-up on paperwork after a rule change in 2008.

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