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On the recordMarch 26, 2014
In closing, I want to, again, make the point there of my colleague from California (Mr. Huffman). He had a bill that passed the House and is pending in the Senate. There is no need for the President to go through this. All you have to do is pass the legislation which, by the way, had a hearing and was marked up properly in our committee. This piece of legislation, I think, is a good piece of legislation. I think it corrects abuses that have happened by the way of Presidents in both parties over the years. I ask my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington
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Mar 26, 2014

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