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Lamar Alexander: “I would urge you if, when you go home, you think well, I wish I had said this, or I wish I had suggested that, I hope…”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
I would urge you if, when you go home, you think well, I wish I had said this, or I wish I had suggested that, I hope you will send it in to us because ideas like that sometimes have their way of getting into law or not getting into law, whichever you would prefer.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Encouraging witnesses to share additional ideas that could influence legislation.

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