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On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
Mr. Chairman, many of us have sat on the terrorism finance committee, and I appreciate Chairman Hensarling for allowing me to sit there. But the more you learn, the more you understand the levels of complication. We have this habit around here, when we get behind the microphones, we make things direct and simple in a sound bite. It is complex, and there are tremendous amounts of money and bad things happening here. Why would a simple piece of legislation--one of the beautiful things in here is it gives me more openness so we understand what the bad actors are doing.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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