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On the recordMarch 27, 2017
I mean, it's no coincidence that private meeting was scheduled precisely for the time that the open hearing was supposed to happen.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes suggests that the scheduling of a private meeting during the time of the open hearing was intentional.

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