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Emanuel Cleaver: “I think this hearing is an opportunity for you to tell us about how you are holding onto these institutions.”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
I think this hearing is an opportunity for you to tell us about how you are holding onto these institutions.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Cleaver urges the Secretary to discuss the preservation of important institutions.

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