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Patrick Leahy: “While the bill you are considering is an excellent starting point, I submit to you that it is still incomplete.”

On the recordApril 21, 2013
While the bill you are considering is an excellent starting point, I submit to you that it is still incomplete.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy expresses that the immigration bill needs improvements, particularly for family unification.

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