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Bruce F. Vento: “I think we concede that nobody is going to defend the fact that somebody began to put it on paper after the Oversight…”

On the recordJuly 16, 1997
I think we concede that nobody is going to defend the fact that somebody began to put it on paper after the Oversight Committee chairman properly asked for some materials. But the fact is that the contention that there has been no evaluation done, even if it was done orally and it was not put on paper, does not mean that it was improper. That is a legitimate question. The gentleman would like to put things on paper, and I do, too. But the fact is that there is no demonstration that anything that has been done is improper. In fact, most of the information that has been alleged to be improper has, I think, had satisfactory answers brought to the conclusion with regard to this.
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Bruce F. Vento
Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the evaluation of materials requested by the Oversight Committee.

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