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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
The list is an interesting collection. It includes environmental groups, consumer groups, housing advocates, businesses, fiscal watchdogs, and taxpayer advocates. And all of them don't agree with every detail. Many of them would identify with some of the debates, but they agree that this bill is a step in the right direction, and we should use it. What we vote on today--and I hope that it passes, I am going to vote for it--is not the last word. As it wends its way through the legislative process, if we all do our job of making it better, we can have that high-five moment that I think we all look forward to.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Nov 14, 2017

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