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Richard Blumenthal: “To go into this hearing without those documents is an undermining of the constitutional role to which we have all sworn…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
To go into this hearing without those documents is an undermining of the constitutional role to which we have all sworn an oath to uphold.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the importance of documents for vetting a Supreme Court nominee.

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