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Joe Barton: “We really wanted to get it right and we weren't hung up on pride of authorship.”

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
We really wanted to get it right and we weren't hung up on pride of authorship.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton emphasizes the importance of collaboration over individual credit in legislation.

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