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Diana DeGette: “It is a little embarrassing for someone like me, who is trying to tell colleagues around the world that we need to have…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2023
It is a little embarrassing for someone like me, who is trying to tell colleagues around the world that we need to have robust oversight, that the U.S. Congress is actually having an oversight hearing that is so vague that you can't possibly see what we are going to do.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette criticizes the vagueness of the oversight hearing topic.

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