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Patrick Leahy: “The worst abusers of a government program should not be given veto power over its reform.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2017
The worst abusers of a government program should not be given veto power over its reform.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy criticizes powerful developers blocking necessary reforms to the EB-5 program.

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