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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I do need to know whether anyone can act; and I ask the committee to find out, if there is no general counsel who…”

On the recordMay 15, 2018
I do need to know whether anyone can act; and I ask the committee to find out, if there is no general counsel who processes these charges, whether or not there is the possibility, perhaps even the committee can tell us whether it could be somebody acting, so that, in fact, the agency, FLRA, can move forward.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the ability to process unfair labor charges due to lack of a general counsel.

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