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Eric Swalwell: “I hope this side cleared all this with Ms. Foxx because on our side, people would be pretty pissed off if you started…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2023
I hope this side cleared all this with Ms. Foxx because on our side, people would be pretty pissed off if you started going into another committee's jurisdiction knowing that Leg Affairs only has so much bandwidth.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell expresses concern about jurisdictional overreach by another committee.

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