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Tom Cole: “Continuing to utilize proxy voting and remote committee procedures has negative consequences for legislating.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2022
Continuing to utilize proxy voting and remote committee procedures has negative consequences for legislating.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

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Cole argues that remote voting hampers effective legislation and consensus-building.

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