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On the recordJuly 14, 2017
If you start seeing and putting it all together, we now know that there is a clear narrative of Jared Kushner's involvements with the Russians. First, he tries to set up a back channel. Then he omits his conversations and meetings in a security clearance. He continues to lie even though he is continuously brought forth as being untruthful. Now we find ourselves in the situation where there is basically zero trust that this man in the White House with top secret clearance is not compromised. In conclusion, let me close with this. You just heard emails after emails. Imagine this conversation happening the opposite way. Imagine a conversation happening with a Democrat or the Clintons saying, I have information, and the word Moscow is said probably four or five times altogether. Imagine the idea that you are meeting in private, and then imagine all the follow-up lies that happened. What would be occurring right now? What would be occurring is what we saw last year: consistent oversight. But there is none. There is no oversight right now. Paul Ryan has not taken the helm and has not done any type of oversight. The House Republicans have abdicated their responsibility and have allowed Donald Trump and all those other members of his family and the administration who have been compromised to continue being a threat to our national security in the White House. This should not be the way. Partisanship should never be above patriotism.…
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Rubén Gallego
Democratic · Arizona
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govinfo.gov
Jul 14, 2017

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