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Maxine Waters: “Could the gentleman be a little bit clearer about what it is he is committing to? The gentleman said he would attend to…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1997
Could the gentleman be a little bit clearer about what it is he is committing to? The gentleman said he would attend to it. Could the gentleman tell me how he can satisfy the concerns that I have raised, and I am not being facetious at this point, but I have made a specific charge, and I am asking the gentleman, even though he was not the Chair, the records did not leave with the last Chair; I want to know what can the gentleman do to shed some light on this information?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Questioning a colleague about addressing specific concerns raised during a discussion.

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