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On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
Congress will, when the heat comes on, dial down what purported to be reforms and it is a bipartisan failing.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Blumenauer discusses Congress's tendency to backtrack on reforms under pressure.

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