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Summer Lee: I don't want to misspeak again, but that this bill could be marked up by Foreign Affairs.

On the recordApril 16, 2012
I don't want to misspeak again, but that this bill could be marked up by Foreign Affairs.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the legislative process for a jobs-creating bill.

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