Kendrick Meek: “Let me just say this in order to clarify the whole issue on subpoenas.…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2005

Let me just say this in order to clarify the whole issue on subpoenas. In section 5 it calls for joint operations, and it comes down to the majority party. The majority, basically, the bottom line, are the only people that can actually subpoena. So your statement was correct, the minority view on the committee or the Democratic view on the committee, if we wanted a particular individual to be subpoenaed, could not be subpoenaed if we are not in the majority to be able to do so.

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