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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I am used to Congress slowing things up, we do it all the time.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2019
I am used to Congress slowing things up, we do it all the time.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton comments on the typical delays in Congress.

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