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Cliff Bentz: “It seemed to me that it was a commerce issue. Right. You had…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:24

And so we, we will move bill by bill in that analysis. Well, when I was thinking this through and I haven't given it enough thought, I'll admit that right off It seemed to me that it was a commerce issue. Right. You had 51 different approaches. 50. 50 depending upon who you count as states and who aren't. The question is why would we say we in Congress would want to take this upon ourselves when we're basically establishing a ceiling as opposed to a floor. (02:24–02:33)

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Asserts that the issue involves commerce with potentially 50 or 51 different state approaches.

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