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Jim McGovern: “That is a slap in the face to the constitutional authority of this committee and this Congress and we should not stand…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
That is a slap in the face to the constitutional authority of this committee and this Congress and we should not stand for it.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern condemns funding redirection from the State Department to Homeland Security.

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