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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Do you regard their pushback for the reasons you named as worthy of your consideration?”

On the recordApril 25, 2018
Do you regard their pushback for the reasons you named as worthy of your consideration?
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the validity of the Army's concerns about supply operations transfer.

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