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Tom McClintock: We must stop fiddling while Rome burns. The answers we need for this hearing demand that the government be reopened.

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
We must stop fiddling while Rome burns. The answers we need for this hearing demand that the government be reopened.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock calls for the government to reopen to address urgent legislative needs.

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