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On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
Nothing does more to turn off a committee or an individual Senator than you do not get back the answers, and a year is really outside the pale of propriety.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Feinstein emphasizes the importance of timely responses to congressional inquiries.

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