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Maria Cantwell: “Congress has to be much more explicit than it was in drafting the legislation to make sure these agencies are really…”

On the recordMay 3, 2022
Congress has to be much more explicit than it was in drafting the legislation to make sure these agencies are really looking at things in a holistic kind of nation-building way.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Emphasizing the need for clearer legislative language for better agency action.

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