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Chuck Grassley: “I would hope that my colleagues would want to avoid creating standards or setting new precedents where work in the…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2018
I would hope that my colleagues would want to avoid creating standards or setting new precedents where work in the private sector is somehow a knock against a nominee.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley defends Azar's private sector experience against criticism.

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