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" As I have said all along, for any trade promotion authority bill to gain my support, it must require strong, enforceable environmental and labor protections. "
Suzan DelBene
Support
Environmental
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" Requiring companies to weaken devices with 'back doors' means we open up innocent Americans to the bad actors who would love easier access to our citizens' personal information. "
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" I talk to business; I talk to labor. I talk to everybody. "
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" I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues. "
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" There's nothing like making a decision when you're a football referee. It really pushes you to be very clear - to make that decision and to sell it to everybody who's there. You believe in it, but you have to make sure other people believe in it, too. "
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" When you have multiple patients on life support, you don't pull the plug on one just to save another. "
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" We don't have a lot of technology people in Congress, so one of the basic things is to help people be educated on how technology works: what's there, where is it headed, what some of the challenges and opportunities are. "
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