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Blake Farenthold: “We are simply codifying an executive order here, as the gentleman pointed out, but we are adding one more thing. We are…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2017
We are simply codifying an executive order here, as the gentleman pointed out, but we are adding one more thing. We are adding transparency to it so the American people know what these alphabet soups of government agencies are up to and give us, as watchdogs in Congress, or private organizations or a member of the public with internet access the ability to see how the CFR is expanding and expanding with more and more duplicative Federal rules. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Blake Farenthold
Texas
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Mar 2, 2017

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