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Lamar Alexander: “My hope would be that if we are going to continue to consider this proposal about jobs that we would be allowed to have…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
My hope would be that if we are going to continue to consider this proposal about jobs that we would be allowed to have amendments that would do better than cause a loss of 500,000 jobs
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander expresses concern about job losses from a proposed policy.

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