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Jim Risch: “I am astonished, sitting here and listening to you tell us that you do not know the details of these Treasury…”

On the recordMay 17, 2016
I am astonished, sitting here and listening to you tell us that you do not know the details of these Treasury regulations...
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch expresses disbelief at a bureaucrat's lack of knowledge on important regulations.

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