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Paul Gosar: “I only wish that we would have started this hearing by putting the witnesses under oath. I am getting a little bit tired…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
I only wish that we would have started this hearing by putting the witnesses under oath. I am getting a little bit tired of bureaucrats and their two-talk.
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Paul Gosar
Republican · Arizona

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Gosar expresses frustration with bureaucratic communication during a hearing.

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