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On the recordSeptember 12, 2012
If we continue to throw more regulations on and more regulations on like wet blankets on the fire of enterprise, we will be doing our Nation a disservice.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith warns against excessive regulations hindering economic growth and energy production.

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