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Eleanor Holmes Norton: this hearing on the Trump Hotel is of special interest to me, since it was my bill that finally got this hulk of a…

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
this hearing on the Trump Hotel is of special interest to me, since it was my bill that finally got this hulk of a building from which the Federal Government was earning nothing--in fact, losing money--finally got this bill through.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton discusses her role in passing a bill regarding the Trump Hotel.

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