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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “You don't want Congress twice revisiting. Then you get us really mad, and you lose authority”

On the recordJuly 26, 2009
You don't want Congress twice revisiting. Then you get us really mad, and you lose authority
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the need for Congress to avoid revisiting issues to maintain authority.

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