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Elijah Lewis: “Millions of dollars for a partisan investigation into campaign finance abuses, millions of dollars for an investigation…”

On the recordJuly 25, 1997
Millions of dollars for a partisan investigation into campaign finance abuses, millions of dollars for an investigation intended to intimidate organized labor, hundreds of thousands of dollars to harass and intimidate a Hispanic woman Member of Congress. It is not right, it is not fair, it is a shame and a disgrace. Defeat the previous question and defeat this rule.
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Elijah Lewis
Democratic · Georgia

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Addressing concerns over funding for investigations perceived as partisan and intimidating.

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