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Jamie Raskin: “I hope that all of the witnesses heard a very strong bipartisan sense that our ability to get documents is essential to…”

On the recordJune 26, 2019
I hope that all of the witnesses heard a very strong bipartisan sense that our ability to get documents is essential to our lawmaking function.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin emphasizes the importance of obtaining documents for effective lawmaking.

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