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Henry Waxman: “We can't have the chair have the ability to calendar or table a matter of importance.”

On the recordJune 18, 2014
We can't have the chair have the ability to calendar or table a matter of importance.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes the chair's power to delay important matters.

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