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Mike Levin: the question that I put to the Senator from Virginia is very important in terms of the future of this investigation, and…

On the recordMarch 11, 1997
the question that I put to the Senator from Virginia is very important in terms of the future of this investigation, and his answer reasserting today what he said yesterday, which is that the jurisdiction of the Governmental Affairs Committee will go beyond criminal assertions and goes to civil violations of law as well as criminal violations of law, will help clarify a very important question for the committee down the road. I thank him for that. It leaves open a huge question as to whether we ought to be able to look into improper practices, corrupt practices that are not technically violations of law, but nonetheless it is helpful, and I want to thank my friend from Virginia for that. I want to get to this question next.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing the jurisdiction of the Governmental Affairs Committee during an investigation.

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