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Maxine Waters: “If I may, when it is implied that the Secretary of the Treasury is not being truthful, he should be given an opportunity…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
If I may, when it is implied that the Secretary of the Treasury is not being truthful, he should be given an opportunity to respond.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters insisted that the Secretary of the Treasury be allowed to respond to accusations of untruthfulness.

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