My belief is that the Vitter amendment gets rid of the death zone.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “My belief is that the Vitter amendment gets rid of the death zone.”
On the recordApril 27, 2015
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Expresses support for an amendment that addresses regulatory delays.
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