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Joe Manchin: “Senator, if you do see something, let's say, as the bill unfolds and comes to its completion, that you really think is…”

On the recordMay 21, 2015
Senator, if you do see something, let's say, as the bill unfolds and comes to its completion, that you really think is going to harm the people of Utah, you are not going to have any input to change that harm. And it is only going to take 51 votes to pass it, even if harm is in there for Utah.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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May 21, 2015

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