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Elijah Cummings: “I would ask that Ms. Speier be given an extra minute and a half so that she can clear up some of what you just said…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
I would ask that Ms. Speier be given an extra minute and a half so that she can clear up some of what you just said which we on this side of the aisle consider to be misleading.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings requests additional time for Speier to address misleading statements.

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