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On the recordJune 26, 2019
Come on now. This is the United States of America. Fighting all subpoenas? Congress has a constitutional duty.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings asserts Congress's constitutional duty to conduct oversight amidst administration's resistance.

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