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On the recordFebruary 8, 2018
I quite frankly would have been surprised if the White House had let our memo go out at all.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Congressman Himes expresses his lack of surprise regarding the White House's decision to block the release of the Democratic memo.

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