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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
if I am right and we do not make the 2017 deadline, how do we keep that pressure on after 2017
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the importance of maintaining pressure for improvements beyond the 2017 deadline.

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