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Tom Udall
@tomudall· Democratic · NM· Mar 25, 2014

I think this is historic, and I think it is going to make a big difference to the Navajo Nation and to many places where you have this uranium contamination.

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Tom Udall
@tomudall· Democratic · NM· Mar 25, 2014

This settlement helps to right a historic injustice to the Navajo people and the surrounding communities.

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Tom Udall
@tomudall· Democratic · NM· Mar 25, 2014

I understand that the President's budget zeroed out a categorical grant program for radon detection and information.

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Hank Johnson
@hankjohnson· Democratic · GA· Mar 25, 2014

I know that Susan cannot be with us today because she is doing everything back home to help those in need.

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Hank Johnson
@hankjohnson· Democratic · GA· Mar 25, 2014

It addressed the root cause of the financial crisis by reigning in too big to fill financial institutions on Wall Street.

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Hank Johnson
@hankjohnson· Democratic · GA· Mar 25, 2014

Though imperfect, passing the Dodd-Frank Act was a crucial step in resetting our Nation's economic course.

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Dan Kildee
@dankildee· Democratic · MI· Mar 25, 2014

Mr. Speaker, for far too long, comprehensive immigration reform has been a low priority for the Speaker and for the Republican leadership. Americans have spoken loud and clear. They want comprehensive immigration reform. Just last year, as…

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

Everyone knows this rule stinks. Everyone knows except the IRS.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

Certainly no American citizen should have their constitutional and statutory rights withheld by the Government on the basis of their political affiliation, or simply because they criticized the way that the Government is being run.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

We want to send a message to the IRS that you don't do this to our people. You do not do this to American citizens.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

I think it is incredibly important. But I also think that we have missed the opportunity here because of the chairman's very partisan and one-sided approach to this hearing.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

So that is a precious freedom that we need to protect, and the IRS, in its recent approach, is threatening that very freedom and that is a danger that we have to be together in opposing on both sides of the aisle.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

I agree with the gentlelady that we should try to clarify it.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

If the gentleman would yield. For the foreseeable future there is only one person you have to work with on priorities, and that will be the people working for the committee, and I will work with them.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

I find it less than helpful and I find your talking about redaction and time inappropriate, when you could have given Ways and Means all Lois Lerner's emails in a matter of seconds.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

I find no record that they made a decision that the American people, through their elected representatives, Republicans and Democrats, made any decision to make 501(c)(4)s report their donors.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Mar 25, 2014

I must tell you we do want all of Lois Lerner's emails.

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