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Al Green: “In politics, if a law proves to be efficacious, we repeal it.”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
In politics, if a law proves to be efficacious, we repeal it.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Green contrasts medicine and politics regarding the treatment of effective laws.

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