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On the recordJanuary 30, 2023
I feel the obligation to stand in defense of this subcommittee, which I was the first and I guess the only chair up until this point.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin defends the importance of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee.

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