Political Quotes

On the recordJune 13, 2017
There comes the time when you put a pencil to it and a chance of losing 240 jobs and taxes of $1.1 million. Does it make sense?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes the economic impact of potential job losses due to relicensing issues.

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