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Jamie Raskin: “With my colleague Pramila Jayapal, from the State of Washington, on behalf of the Progressive Caucus, we are taking this…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2017
With my colleague Pramila Jayapal, from the State of Washington, on behalf of the Progressive Caucus, we are taking this Special Order hour to focus on the question of the Russian connection. This is a matter of utmost seriousness and urgency to the American people because it goes to the question of our national security and the political sovereignty of the American people to engage in democracy on our own without foreign interference, subversion, and sabotage. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Maxine Waters), the distinguished Congresswoman.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 29, 2017

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