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Patty Murray: “Do you think the Department's authority to level civil enforcement penalties is sufficient?”

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
Do you think the Department's authority to level civil enforcement penalties is sufficient?
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Murray questions the adequacy of the Department's enforcement authority.

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