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Doc Hastings: “It doesn't have to be that way. As a matter of fact, had the bill that we passed out of the last Congress passed and…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2014
It doesn't have to be that way. As a matter of fact, had the bill that we passed out of the last Congress passed and been signed into law, we wouldn't be in this particular situation today.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings argues that previous legislation could have prevented the current drought situation.

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