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Diana DeGette: “I think it is hard to see how an empty-chair hearing would accomplish anything, and I think it is a profound waste of…”

On the recordJune 23, 2011
I think it is hard to see how an empty-chair hearing would accomplish anything, and I think it is a profound waste of everybody's time.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette criticizes the empty-chair hearing as unproductive.

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