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Elijah Cummings: “By direction of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, I call up the report (H. Rept. 116-125) to accompany the…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2019
By direction of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, I call up the report (H. Rept. 116-125) to accompany the resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. The Clerk read the title of the report. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). Pursuant to House Resolution 491, the report is considered read. (For text of the report, see proceedings of the House in Books II and III of July 17, 2019.)
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland
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Jul 17, 2019

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