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Jackie Speier: I asked him, have you ever talked to a survivor when it wasn't an adversarial process? And he said, I don't have time…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
I asked him, have you ever talked to a survivor when it wasn't an adversarial process? And he said, I don't have time for that.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Leadership's lack of engagement with survivors is problematic.

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