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Chris Murphy: “This rush job, this inability to allow the public to see this debate, the imperative to get this hearing in before we…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2017
This rush job, this inability to allow the public to see this debate, the imperative to get this hearing in before we have all the information.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy criticizes the rushed hearing process and lack of public transparency.

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