I agree with the Leader. This bill is not perfect and it does not accomplish every reform that I want to see for this industry. But I believe it is a significant improvement over the status quo. I do recognize that Mrs. Hutchison's approach was to make change incrementally and accept compromises to successfully move this bill forward and bring it to the floor.
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