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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
And do you concede that in the absence of a claim of Executive Privilege, the NRC has no legal basis to withhold requested nonpublic documents from Congress?
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman challenges the NRC's authority to withhold documents.

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