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Steve Cohen: You shouldn't be doing that without particularly good reasons, and I don't think the burden of proof which you would…

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
You shouldn't be doing that without particularly good reasons, and I don't think the burden of proof which you would have in amending the Constitution, which has very high thresholds, has been met by the proponents of this bill.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Critiques the proposed changes to the Administrative Procedure Act.

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