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On the recordMarch 14, 2013
But isn't it interesting as we sit here this morning on the eve of the third year of the signing of this bill into law that the greatest obstacle to its implementation is actually the administration itself?
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess criticizes the administration for hindering the implementation of the law.

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