Joseph Lieberman actually said...

I would just say to those members, I respect the jurisdiction of your committees, but even more than that, I believe the threat posed by the debt crisis in this country supercedes any commitment to the jurisdiction of any specific committee.

Context

Lieberman argues that the debt crisis outweighs committee jurisdictions.

12/16/2009

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