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Janice Schakowsky: “The fact that Chairman Walden refuses to hold an oversight hearing on the family separation crisis tells me that…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2018
The fact that Chairman Walden refuses to hold an oversight hearing on the family separation crisis tells me that Chairman Walden and the Republican majority are simply not as troubled by this crisis as some of them claim to be--and I find that incredibly sad.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky expresses disappointment over lack of oversight on family separation crisis.

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