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Jim McDermott: “Why is it a problem? Everybody says it is a big problem; we have to got to get rid of this 96-hour rule.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2015
Why is it a problem? Everybody says it is a big problem; we have to got to get rid of this 96-hour rule.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

McDermott questions the necessity of the 96-hour rule despite not exceeding it.

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