I find that I have that dual experience often on this committee of comparable pride of our honoring the words of our late chairman in being in efficient and effective pursuit of the truth and simultaneous shame with all of the efforts to obstruct the work of this committee to get to the truth.
Ayanna Pressley: “I find that I have that dual experience often on this committee of comparable pride of our honoring the words of our…”
On the recordDecember 9, 2019
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Pressley expresses pride in the committee's work while feeling shame over obstruction.
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