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On the recordDecember 6, 2011
We are already hearing that the uncertainty about the program's future is a drag on investment and on our economic recovery.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy warns that uncertainty in immigration policy affects economic recovery.

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