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On the recordJune 25, 2019
This is an effort to enforce Federal law, which, very clearly, there is no ambiguity here, which very clearly prohibits employees from engaging in political activities on Federal property or while using their official position.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings clarifies that enforcing the Hatch Act is about upholding federal law.

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