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On the recordJune 3, 2015
Reclaiming my time, I appreciate your answering my question. So what I hear is that you held some hearings, that you have legislation, that you are making progress, and that the administration has already curtailed some of these practices that you are concerned about. However, you would still like to proceed with this prohibition of funds which might be entirely appropriate. I don't have enough information, standing here today, to agree with you that that is the right thing to do, so I stand in opposition to the amendment even though I may not be, in spirit, in opposition to what it is that you are attempting to do. I just don't have enough information to join you in this effort as robustly as you are engaged in it. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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Jun 3, 2015

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