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Jeff Merkley: “If the ideas being presented in this particular bill will not further hurt our States, then the path is clear, but if it…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2015
If the ideas being presented in this particular bill will not further hurt our States, then the path is clear, but if it is going to further hurt our States, then we are exercising our very profound concern for the direct impact.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley expresses the need to protect states from harmful legislation.

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