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Joe Barton: “The issue before the subcommittee and this panel is really, who is going to set the policy? Who is best able to set the…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2013
The issue before the subcommittee and this panel is really, who is going to set the policy? Who is best able to set the policy?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions whether policy should be set by federal or state governments.

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