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Elijah Cummings: “They try as they might to obey the law. That's what they do.”

On the recordJune 25, 2019
They try as they might to obey the law. That's what they do.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings defends federal employees' commitment to following the law.

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