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Elijah Cummings: “But when it comes to priorities, he sets those priorities, not you.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
But when it comes to priorities, he sets those priorities, not you.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings asserts that the chairman determines the committee's priorities.

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