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On the recordJuly 8, 2003
I can feel the foam and the lather building up. We would not be arguing for 2 weeks whether Congress should call the inquiry an investigation or not. There would be a full-blown investigation, and it would be proper. Because the President of the United States at that point, at that Chamber, at that speech, at this podium would be addressing the world as the President of the United States speaking for all of us, not just the bodies in here and the cameras up there.
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Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Illinois
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Discussing the need for a full investigation regarding presidential actions.

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