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Michael Burgess: “It just shows you the type of tension that we are going to set up between the State and Federal Governments if we were…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
It just shows you the type of tension that we are going to set up between the State and Federal Governments if we were to pick up and pass either the House or the Senate bill and send it down to the President for his signature.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas
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Feb 25, 2010

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Burgess discusses the potential conflict between state and federal governments regarding pending legislation.

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