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On the recordJune 26, 2019
It is indeed up to us to determine what we're going to legislate about, and so it's up to us to determine what information we're going to get.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin asserts Congress's responsibility to legislate based on obtained information.

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