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On the recordApril 29, 2012
If there is the ability either with the racing commissioners or within your professional organizations to deal with this, just in my experience, you are so much better doing that than asking the United States Congress to get involved.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess emphasizes the importance of industry self-regulation over federal intervention.

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