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On the recordMay 17, 2018
They have said we're set all that aside traditionally we would have stood for law and order. And we are damaging the law and order institutions of this country in favor of very simply defending the President.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Jim Himes accuses Meadows and Jordan of undermining law and order institutions to defend the President.

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