I am so glad you are here. Because of this hearing, we learned for the first time today that the language that we worked out with bipartisan staff involved, with Rural Development involved, signing off on the language, that they have some legal concern, a legal concern that we have not heard the details of.
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Merkley expresses gratitude for new information revealed during the hearing regarding legal concerns.
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