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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I wanted to see how many people were in this position.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
I wanted to see how many people were in this position.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton inquires about the number of critical technical employees at the IRS.

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