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Peter DeFazio: “This was not a knee-jerk reaction to Chatsworth, and this has been something that has been a very, very long time in the…”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
This was not a knee-jerk reaction to Chatsworth, and this has been something that has been a very, very long time in the making.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio clarifies that the deadline extension is based on long-standing issues.

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