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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
I don't believe the gentleman was a Member of the Congress when most of those hearings were held. So you wouldn't have had benefit of those hearings. But my question is: If they did all those hearings, why didn't they have a markup to fix it then, if this was such a problem? Was there a single markup on this bill in a substantive committee?
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Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

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Questioning the lack of markup on a bill after numerous hearings during a debate.

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