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Cynthia Lummis: “I dare say if you walk down any main street in any town in Wyoming, or probably any town in this country, and say that…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2013
I dare say if you walk down any main street in any town in Wyoming, or probably any town in this country, and say that there is a law on the books that has not been reauthorized for 25 years, should we enforce it, I doubt if you would get more than 1 or 2 percent to say no, it hasn't been reauthorized.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis discusses the issue of outdated laws and their enforcement.

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