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Gwen Moore: It is an oxymoron to say you are going to have a rule and then it is going to be flexible.

On the recordJuly 19, 2017
It is an oxymoron to say you are going to have a rule and then it is going to be flexible.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Moore points out the contradiction in having flexible rules.

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