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Elijah Cummings: “Today's hearing is not about policy. Today's hearing is not about policy or substance. It's about politics and press.”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
Today's hearing is not about policy. Today's hearing is not about policy or substance. It's about politics and press.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings criticized the hearing's focus on politics rather than policy.

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