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Chris Van Hollen: I hope we will agree on a bipartisan basis that no agency should be basing its decision on politics.

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
I hope we will agree on a bipartisan basis that no agency should be basing its decision on politics.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen called for bipartisan agreement against political influence in agency decisions.

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