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Peter DeFazio: “Yes, some of them are legislative.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2013
Yes, some of them are legislative.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio acknowledges that some impediments to better data are due to legislation.

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