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Greg Casar: “Eliminated those water breaks laws that we had worked so…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Rep. Greg Casar Keynote Address for Netroots Nation

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

I don't know who wants to be with the evil empire, but that's what they called it. That eliminated local worker rights protections across the state and Eliminated those water breaks laws that we had worked so hard for years to pass 13 years before. And I stood in my congressional office, I mean, I had never thought that I'd be a member of Congress saying, what the hell am I doing here? (04:08–04:15)

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Asserts that the bill eliminated previously established water break laws.

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