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Jamie Raskin: “If we have no legitimate legislative purpose in investigating a violent insurrection against our own government, well…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2021
If we have no legitimate legislative purpose in investigating a violent insurrection against our own government, well, then we simply have no legitimate legislative purposes at all.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin argues for the necessity of the investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

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