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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
Can that be consolidated under Commerce, and are there any ongoing plans to try to put all of the different trade-related agencies under the Commerce Department?
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Hutchison questions the possibility of consolidating trade agencies under the Commerce Department.

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