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On the recordJune 12, 2017
It harms not just the members who happen to be in the minority party at the moment, but also members in the majority party who are not currently Chairmen.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley criticized a White House directive obstructing oversight requests from non-chairman Senators.

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