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Lloyd Doggett: “So I just wanted to make clear, while very sympathetic to the comments that you made, Mr. Sanders, that it was not my…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2012
So I just wanted to make clear, while very sympathetic to the comments that you made, Mr. Sanders, that it was not my intention as we redrafted the bill to tie the hands of the commission or to deny it an opportunity to go wherever the evidence suggests.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett clarifies intentions behind bill redrafting regarding commission flexibility.

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