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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
I have been here long enough to know that, when the Administration comes in with a statement that says we would like to continue to work with the sponsors, that is code, and that is code for, 'We don't like this bill, but we don't want to say it in public.'
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis critiques the Administration's vague support for a bill.

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