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Elijah Cummings: “If we let them get away with this, heaven knows what will happen the next time.”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2013
If we let them get away with this, heaven knows what will happen the next time.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings warns about the implications of conceding to Republican demands.

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